Project Gutenberg 2016-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 72 Budrys, Algis 1931 2008 Budrys, Algirdas Jonas Scarff, William Hodgkins, David C. Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night" by Algis Budrys is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story is set in a future where advanced technologies such as a new video system called EmpaVid allow for the manipulation of emotions and perceptions. It delves into themes of ambition, competition, and the consequences of human desire within a high-stakes corporate environment. The narrative follows Rufus Sollenar, a powerful businessman who has gambled everything on the success of EmpaVid. As he faces off against his rival, Cortwright Burr, Sollenar's journey intertwines with a mysterious advisory figure named Mr. Ermine. After a series of violent confrontations and revelations about Burr's dealings with Martian engineers, Sollenar's ambitions unravel, leading to an exploration of identity, reality, and mortality. Ultimately, Sollenar’s quest for immortality culminates in a tragic and ironic twist, as Ermine, who embodies the very system that Sollenar sought to control, finds his own unexpected transformation. The novel weaves a complex narrative examining the intersections of technology, human aspiration, and the uncanny facets of existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Revenge -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Businessmen -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 73880 73885 2024-09-21T13:46:29.672857 2023-09-22T10:39:58.002954 text/html text/html 70680 2016-04-10T14:10:50 text/html; charset=us-ascii 284923 2016-04-10T14:10:52 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 314587 2024-09-21T13:46:31.763843 application/epub+zip 313486 2024-09-21T13:46:30.092881 application/epub+zip 86278 2024-09-21T13:46:29.864850 application/epub+zip 353487 2024-09-21T13:46:33.180865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346815 2024-09-21T13:46:31.540856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119944 2022-09-23T14:43:33.367472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66422 66327 2024-09-21T13:46:29.500865 2023-09-22T10:39:57.745977 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66574 2016-04-10T14:10:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25993 2016-04-10T14:10:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19963 2024-09-21T13:46:33.318842 application/rdf+xml 26836 2024-09-21T13:46:29.932867 image/jpeg 4058 2024-09-21T13:46:29.897894 image/jpeg 285707 2024-09-21T13:46:29.687872 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