Project Gutenberg 2016-04-06 Public domain in the USA. 100 Sabia, Richard Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. The Lamps of the Angels Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Lamps of the Angels" by Richard Sabia is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The narrative explores themes of ambition, family, and the struggle between earthly bonds and the call of the stars. It follows Roberto Sanchez, an astronaut preparing for his journey to Alpha Centauri, as he grapples with his mother's fears about humanity's pursuit of the cosmos, which she views as a sacred realm preserved for divine beings. The story centers on Roberto’s relationship with his family, particularly his mother, Mrs. Sanchez, who holds traditional views about man's place in the universe and fears for her son's safety in the stars. As Roberto prepares to embark on his historic journey, the tension between his aspirations and his mother's beliefs culminates in a horrifying encounter with celestial beings in another dimension, which dramatically alters his perception of himself and humanity. Ultimately, the narrative weaves a poignant tale of personal sacrifice, the complexities of familial ties, and the eternal quest for knowledge beyond earthly limitations, leaving readers to ponder the true cost of human exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49908 49913 2024-09-21T13:34:04.218177 2023-09-22T10:28:45.402838 text/html text/html 46361 2016-04-05T19:37:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii 157149 2016-04-05T19:37:16 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 175892 2024-09-21T13:34:06.025314 application/epub+zip 174801 2024-09-21T13:34:04.596199 application/epub+zip 78743 2024-09-21T13:34:04.388198 application/epub+zip 208694 2024-09-21T13:34:07.296198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201834 2024-09-21T13:34:05.811179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105968 2022-09-23T14:17:29.551518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43412 43317 2024-09-21T13:34:04.095196 2023-09-22T10:28:45.259883 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 43571 2016-04-05T19:37:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 16951 2016-04-05T19:37:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19090 2024-09-21T13:34:07.424167 application/rdf+xml 17164 2024-09-21T13:34:04.450177 image/jpeg 3175 2024-09-21T13:34:04.418181 image/jpeg 158216 2024-09-21T13:34:04.228196 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