Project Gutenberg 2016-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 100 Leiber, Fritz 1910 1992 Leiber, Fritz Reuter Dillon, Diane 1933 Dillon, Diane Claire Sorber Dillon, Leo 1933 2012 The Last Letter Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Last Letter" by Fritz Leiber is a science fiction short story that was published in the late 1950s, a period marked by experimental ideas and innovative narratives in the genre. The story revolves around a future society that relies heavily on automated communication, where the concept of personal letters is almost alien and has dangerous ramifications when suddenly encountered. The narrative follows a hopeless romantic, Richard Rowe, who causes a cascade of chaos in the robotic postal system by attempting to send a handwritten love letter to Jane Dough, a girl he briefly encountered during a tour. This simple act of personal communication triggers a catastrophic failure in the machines responsible for sorting mail, leading to widespread confusion and the mobilization of the authorities. As Richard's heartfelt message is met with disbelief and panic, it culminates in a serendipitous meeting with Jane, ultimately bringing about an unexpected resolution that challenges the sterile norm of their society. The story explores themes of love, individuality, and the human desire for connection in an increasingly automated world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Postal service -- Fiction Letters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 52132 52136 2024-09-21T13:00:09.986127 2023-09-22T09:57:31.117690 text/html text/html 48260 2016-03-22T16:26:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 198793 2016-03-22T16:26:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 223000 2024-09-21T13:00:12.093137 application/epub+zip 221902 2024-09-21T13:00:10.546157 application/epub+zip 78475 2024-09-21T13:00:10.182115 application/epub+zip 258649 2024-09-21T13:00:13.461106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251397 2024-09-21T13:00:11.867095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108236 2022-09-23T13:09:01.276033 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44994 44899 2024-09-21T13:00:09.846116 2023-09-22T09:57:30.952681 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 44879 2016-03-22T16:26:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 17666 2016-03-22T16:26:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20071 2024-09-21T13:00:13.596127 application/rdf+xml 28140 2024-09-21T13:00:10.248113 image/jpeg 4757 2024-09-21T13:00:10.214157 image/jpeg 199957 2024-09-21T13:00:09.998134 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