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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aEgan, Jack,
_d1945-
245 1 0 _aWorld Edge
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1962.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-12-03
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"World Edge" by Jack Egan is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book explores themes of reality, memory, and identity as it follows the protagonist, Harvey Crane, who finds himself in a surreal landscape filled with fantastical elements, including otherworldly creatures and an enigmatic girl named Dana. The story delves into Harvey's struggle to understand his existence and the nature of the world around him. In "World Edge," Harvey Crane awakens in a strange and colorful world with little recollection of his past, accompanied by a girl named Dana and a shape-shifting creature. As he navigates this peculiar reality, he begins to uncover the truth about his situation: he is trapped in a dreamlike state following an accident in his spaceship that sent him into an alternate dimension. Dana reveals herself to be a projection of his subconscious, representing his wife on Earth, and urges him to wake up and confront reality. The narrative culminates in a tense confrontation between Harvey's desire to remain in this fantasy world and the pressing need to return to the real world, ultimately lending itself to a profound reflection on the nature of existence and imagination. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aPsychological fiction
653 _aSpace travelers -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1962.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72304
999 _c113029
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