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_aMiller, P. Schuyler _q(Peter Schuyler), _d1912-1974 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Ultimate Image |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2021 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Comet December 40 | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2021-03-12 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Ultimate Image" by P. Schuyler Miller is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The book explores advanced concepts in physics and technology, particularly the intersections of science with espionage and defense, as a small group attempts to avert a significant threat. The narrative centers around the character Pierre Dampier, a physicist who claims to have created a weapon that can render attacks ineffective. In the story, journalist Mike Crandall and his colleague Bill Porter find themselves entangled in a high-stakes situation involving an assassination attempt on a Middle-European ambassador by Dampier. After an intense struggle, they discover Dampier's motives are tied to a revolutionary scientific breakthrough: a device capable of creating a zone of total reflection, which protects against any form of attack. As they delve deeper into the implications of this technology, they face threats from various entities, including the very ambassador Dampier sought to eliminate. In a climax of tension and unintended consequences, Dampier's experiment spirals out of control, leading to a catastrophic explosion that challenges the nature of existence and the fabric of reality itself. The book raises profound questions about the universe, the nature of reality, and the consequences of scientific ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aMaryland -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aJournalists -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aWeapons -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aPhysicists -- Fiction | ||
| 700 | 1 | _aHolmdale, Herbert W. | |
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Comet December 40 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64795 |
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