Project Gutenberg 2016-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 65 Lafferty, R. A. 1914 2002 Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius Walker Aloys Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Aloys" by R. A. Lafferty is a short novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around Professor Aloys Foulcault-Oeg, who experiences a dramatic rise to fame after successfully presenting his groundbreaking theories to an audience of esteemed scholars. With themes of ambition, identity, and the complexities of human nature, the book delves into the struggles that accompany recognition and societal expectations. The narrative follows Aloys, a humble and impoverished genius, as he navigates the fine line between pride and fear on the eve of receiving a significant award. After an arduous journey to the ceremony, he ultimately captivates the elite audience with a spectacular speech that showcases his brilliance. However, once the event concludes, Aloys finds himself evading the very society that has just honored him, disappearing into the darkness with a new group of con artists in a place called Wreckville. The story raises questions about the value of glory, the essence of true identity, and the unexpected paths that life may take following fleeting success. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 42099 42104 2024-09-21T13:13:06.806133 2023-09-22T10:09:42.613789 text/html text/html 38608 2016-03-28T22:51:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 295440 2016-03-28T22:51:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 330693 2024-09-21T13:13:08.561128 application/epub+zip 329621 2024-09-21T13:13:07.201167 application/epub+zip 78065 2024-09-21T13:13:06.983133 application/epub+zip 362110 2024-09-21T13:13:09.783146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354744 2024-09-21T13:13:08.346144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103668 2022-09-23T13:33:11.374001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35738 35643 2024-09-21T13:13:06.693127 2023-09-22T10:09:42.466805 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 35964 2016-03-28T22:51:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14055 2016-03-28T22:51:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18973 2024-09-21T13:13:09.907110 application/rdf+xml 24957 2024-09-21T13:13:07.051124 image/jpeg 4283 2024-09-21T13:13:07.017143 image/jpeg 296397 2024-09-21T13:13:06.820126 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