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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBartholomew, Stephen
245 1 0 _aFar enough to touch
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 December 1962.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-12-04
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Far Enough to Touch" by Stephen Bartholomew is a science fiction story published in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around a young Belgian astronaut named Rene Duport, who is part of a diverse crew aboard a moonship, the "Prospero". The book explores themes of isolation, the human mind under pressure, and the desire for exploration, as it delves into Duport's unorthodox reaction to space travel. The story begins with the crew returning from a lunar mission, where Duport, despite being the youngest and a child prodigy, chooses to jump into space rather than return to Earth. This shocking decision leads to a dramatic rescue operation as the crew grapples with the consequences of his leap into the void. Bartholomew intricately portrays Duport’s internal struggle and desires, raising philosophical questions about the human experience and what it means to truly connect with the universe. In a climactic rescue, however, Duport returns physically unharmed but is left in a state of catatonia, suggesting that while he reached for the stars, the experience altered him profoundly, leaving readers to ponder the depths of isolation and the nature of human exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace flight to the moon -- Fiction
653 _aAstronauts -- Fiction
700 1 _aSchelling, George,
_d1938-
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories December 1962.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72312
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