Project Gutenberg 2016-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 98 Quattrocchi, Frank Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Sea Legs Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sea Legs" by Frank Quattrocchi is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around Flight Officer Robert Craig, who has spent most of his life in space. As he prepares to return to Earth (Terra) for the first time, he grapples with the physical and psychological challenges of readjusting to a planet's gravity after years of weightlessness. The narrative explores themes of homesickness, identity, and the consequences of a society governed by conformity and bureaucracy. The plot follows Craig as he undergoes a rigorous gravitational conditioning process at a space headquarters, highlighting his experiences with societal expectations and the difficulties of transitioning back to life on Terra. Upon arriving, he quickly realizes that the Earth he longed for is vastly different from the view he had imagined in his dreams. As he navigates a strange and oppressive environment dominated by a ruthless government—represented by the Civil Control—he finds himself inadvertently drawn into the subversive Liberty party. Alongside a group of people determined to challenge the totalitarian regime, Craig comes to terms with his identity and ultimately embraces the fight for freedom and the truth, following an unexpected path laid out by an old man's final wishes. Through this journey, the book delves into the nature of personal freedom, the impact of technology, and the realities of societal control. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Political fiction Space travelers -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Politics Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 111624 111630 2024-09-21T12:27:29.805168 2023-09-22T09:27:06.698985 text/html text/html 108982 2016-03-09T09:19:40 text/html; charset=us-ascii 424191 2016-03-09T09:19:40 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 467141 2024-09-21T12:27:32.403152 application/epub+zip 467840 2024-09-21T12:27:30.275155 application/epub+zip 107572 2024-09-21T12:27:30.016190 application/epub+zip 520110 2024-09-21T12:27:34.184159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512415 2024-09-21T12:27:32.145161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152630 2022-09-23T12:01:07.135029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102252 102157 2024-09-21T12:27:29.501173 2023-09-22T09:27:06.282005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102151 2016-03-09T09:19:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39421 2016-03-09T09:19:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19497 2024-09-21T12:27:34.313137 application/rdf+xml 22044 2024-09-21T12:27:30.091182 image/jpeg 4064 2024-09-21T12:27:30.057151 image/jpeg 425660 2024-09-21T12:27:29.828192 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia