02425cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000250011324500240013826400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031249000490034850000310039750800960042852012360052453400770176065300200183765300180185765300400187565300260191570000300194183000490197185600430202072312UtSlPG20260610134655.0mcr n260607r20231962utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBartholomew, Stephen10aFar enough to touch 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Amazing Stories December 1962.  aRelease date is 2023-12-04  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Far Enough to Touch" by Stephen Bartholomew is a science fiction story published in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around a young Belgian astronaut named Rene Duport, who is part of a diverse crew aboard a moonship, the "Prospero". The book explores themes of isolation, the human mind under pressure, and the desire for exploration, as it delves into Duport's unorthodox reaction to space travel.  The story begins with the crew returning from a lunar mission, where Duport, despite being the youngest and a child prodigy, chooses to jump into space rather than return to Earth. This shocking decision leads to a dramatic rescue operation as the crew grapples with the consequences of his leap into the void. Bartholomew intricately portrays Duport’s internal struggle and desires, raising philosophical questions about the human experience and what it means to truly connect with the universe. In a climactic rescue, however, Duport returns physically unharmed but is left in a state of catatonia, suggesting that while he reached for the stars, the experience altered him profoundly, leaving readers to ponder the depths of isolation and the nature of human exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aSpace flight to the moon -- Fiction  aAstronauts -- Fiction1 aSchelling, George,d1938- 0aProduced from Amazing Stories December 1962.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72312