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Title: Sequel
Original Publication: United States: Space Publications, Inc.,1953.
Note: Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net.
Summary: "Sequel" by Ben Smith is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of isolation, regret, and redemption set against the backdrop of space travel. The story follows the protagonist, Jubil Marken, who finds himself adrift in space after a mutiny on board his ship, the "Mercury II", reflecting on his past choices and the consequences they have led to. In the story, Jubil Marken grapples with feelings of loss and failure as he recalls his time at the Academy and the friends who have gone on to achieve greatness, unlike him. Ejected from his ship by mutineers, he reflects on the fate that awaits him while drifting towards a cold asteroid. Through his thoughts, the narrative reveals his sense of peace amidst impending death, as he contemplates the actions of his former crew and the tragic end of his comrades, Kane and Schoenbirk. Ultimately, as space shatters around him following the destruction of the "Mercury II", Jubil comes to terms with his own mortality, achieving a measure of personal redemption through self-sacrifice, akin to the brilliance of the friends he lost. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Smith, Ben
Illustrator: Berwin, Milton
EBook No.: 68559
Published: Jul 18, 2022
Downloads: 69
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Engineers -- Fiction
Subject: Space ships -- Fiction
Subject: Mutiny -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Sequel
Original Publication: United States: Space Publications, Inc.,1953.
Note: Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net.
Summary: "Sequel" by Ben Smith is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of isolation, regret, and redemption set against the backdrop of space travel. The story follows the protagonist, Jubil Marken, who finds himself adrift in space after a mutiny on board his ship, the "Mercury II", reflecting on his past choices and the consequences they have led to. In the story, Jubil Marken grapples with feelings of loss and failure as he recalls his time at the Academy and the friends who have gone on to achieve greatness, unlike him. Ejected from his ship by mutineers, he reflects on the fate that awaits him while drifting towards a cold asteroid. Through his thoughts, the narrative reveals his sense of peace amidst impending death, as he contemplates the actions of his former crew and the tragic end of his comrades, Kane and Schoenbirk. Ultimately, as space shatters around him following the destruction of the "Mercury II", Jubil comes to terms with his own mortality, achieving a measure of personal redemption through self-sacrifice, akin to the brilliance of the friends he lost. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Smith, Ben
Illustrator: Berwin, Milton
EBook No.: 68559
Published: Jul 18, 2022
Downloads: 69
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Engineers -- Fiction
Subject: Space ships -- Fiction
Subject: Mutiny -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.