02445cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000440011324500230015726400510018030000470023133600260027833700260030433800360033049000620036650000310042850801090045952012450056853400450181365300200185865300180187865300240189665300410192083000620196185600430202399900170206632592UtSlPG20260610133737.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aFyfe, H. B.q(Horace Bowne),d1918-199710aLet There Be Light 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction November 1952.  aRelease date is 2010-05-30  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"Let There Be Light" by H. B. Fyfe is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of survival and ingenuity in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity is struggling to reclaim its lost civilization amidst the ruins left by advanced technology. The narrative focuses on a group of men scavenging for resources in what remains of a once-thriving city.  The plot revolves around Blackie and his companions as they ambush a group of robots tasked with maintaining the highway—an emblem of the once-great technological society that has now crumbled. Through their resourcefulness, they capture a robot and disassemble it for parts, particularly a precious lubricant that serves as fuel for their makeshift lamps. As they celebrate their small victory, Blackie reflects on the futility of capturing machinery designed to repair roads rather than aiding their quest for survival and sustenance. The story captures the struggle of humanity's resilience and adaptability in a world defined by remnants of its technological past, highlighting the hope for better times as they prepare to illuminate their darkened lives with the resources obtained from the machines. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aApocalyptic fiction  aRegression (Civilization) -- Fiction 0aProduced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction November 1952.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32592  c73438d73438