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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aDe Vet, Charles V.,
_d1911-1997
245 1 0 _aLorelei
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, September 1961
500 _aRelease date is 2019-12-30
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Lorelei" by Charles V. De Vet is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The story delves into themes of isolation and humanity's psychological responses under dire circumstances, following a group of astronauts stranded on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The narrative primarily revolves around the presence of an anamorph, a being capable of shaping itself according to their desires, which serves as both a comfort and a complicated psychological challenge for the crew members. The plot centers on the protagonist, Bill Lutscher, who grapples with the realities of their situation as their food supply dwindles and hope fades. As the crew interacts with the anamorph, they project their own emotional needs onto it while struggling with their personal demons. With tensions rising, and one crew member, Kohnke, succumbing to madness, Lutscher devises a desperate plan to use the anamorph's abilities to secure the resources necessary for survival. In a climactic moment, Kohnke, influenced by his delusions of grandeur, inadvertently commands the anamorph to create fuel while showcasing the dangers of unchecked imagination and mental instability. The story explores the intersection of desire, identity, and madness against the backdrop of isolation in space. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSurvival -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aEuropa (Satellite) -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1961
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61050
999 _c101876
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