TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wicks,Robert
AU  - Francis,Dick
TI  - The Impersonator
T2  - Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, November 1960
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Impostors and imposture -- Fiction
KW  - Time travel -- Fiction
KW  - Climate change mitigation -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2019-12-19; Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Impersonator" by Robert Wicks is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The book explores themes of identity, memory, and the consequences of human actions in the face of global catastrophe. It features the protagonist, Paul Chandler, who grapples with his own identity while facing the imminent threat of massive glaciation and a subsequent ice age, leading a team charged with a daring plan to avert disaster.  In the narrative, Paul Chandler awakens in a stark laboratory, unable to recall his previous experiences but instinctively aware of his identity as a geophysicist assigned to lead Project Ice Thaw. Throughout meetings with international delegates, tensions rise over various plans to combat the glaciation, which leads Chandler to propose an audacious concept of tapping into the Earth's core for heat. As political machinations unfold and an unexpected conflict with his colleague Kotenko arises, Chandler's journey culminates in a tense moment when a catastrophic decision is made regarding the project. Ultimately, the story delves deep into the concept of fate, revealing that Chandler's consciousness is part of a larger experiment to save Earth and humanity from destruction, leading to profound philosophical questions about existence and purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60963
ER  -