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100 1 _aBerry, Don,
_d1932-2001
245 1 0 _aMan Alone
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958
500 _aRelease date is 2019-10-29
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Man Alone" by Don Berry is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around Colonel Richard Harkins, an astronaut who returns to Earth aboard the ship "Phoenix I", only to experience a profound psychological crisis that leads him to become isolated from reality and the people around him. The narrative explores themes of human disconnection and the psychological impact of space travel. The plot unfolds as Harkins, after a successful return from his mission, finds himself unable to engage with the people at Gila Base IV. He exhibits signs of distress, broadcasting an automatic distress signal and showing aversion to human interaction. Harkins becomes blind and deaf to the presence of others, plagued by a debilitating headache, and is haunted by invisible entities. The military and a psychiatrist, Colin Meany, work together to understand Harkins' condition, ultimately trying to reach him through memories of his wife, Martha. The narrative culminates in Harkins feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of space, leading to a tragic ending that highlights the profound loneliness of human existence when faced with the vastness of the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aSpace travelers -- Fiction
700 1 _aEmshwiller, Ed,
_d1925-1990
830 0 _aProduced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60591
999 _c101417
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