02414cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500290014326400510017230000470022333600260027033700260029633800360032249000590035850000310041750801160044852012600056453400450182465300200186965300180188965300250190770000300193283000590196285600430202130767UtSlPG20260610133713.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aNeville, Kris,d1925-198010aNew Apples in the Garden 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1963.  aRelease date is 2009-12-26  aProduced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"New Apples in the Garden" by Kris Neville is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on Eddie Hibbs, an underground supervisor at a utility company, illustrating the complexities and challenges of modern technology and the human element interacting with it. The book deals with the inevitable issues arising from technological progress and human fragility against the backdrop of societal challenges.  The storyline follows Eddie as he navigates a series of professional crises at work, including the aftermath of a tragic accident involving one of his crew members, Ramon Lopez. As Eddie deals with rising pressures from budget cuts, operational failures, and personal dilemmas, he also reflects on the broader implications of technological dependence and societal complexity. Conversations with his family reveal their anxieties about the changing world, underscoring a tension between human existence and the relentless drive toward modernization. The story paints a vivid picture of how personal and professional lives are intertwined with the unpredictable nature of progress, ultimately highlighting the fragility of human lives amidst an increasingly complex society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aEngineers -- Fiction1 aSchelling, George,d1938- 0aProduced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1963.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30767