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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBixby, Jerome,
_d1923-1998
245 1 0 _aWhere There's Hope
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from If Worlds of Science Fiction November 1953.
500 _aRelease date is 2009-12-19
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Where There's Hope" by Jerome Bixby is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores the struggles of a group of colonists on a newly discovered planet, New Earth, as they try to establish a safe and sustainable colony after leaving a dying Earth. The central theme revolves around the ethical implications of procreation in an unstable environment and the necessity of balancing survival with the desire for future generations. In this narrative, the Chief Medical Officer, Hugh Farrel, faces a dilemma when he encounters resistance from the colonist women, led by Mary Pornsen, regarding childbirth due to the dangerous conditions on the planet. As the men express a pressing need for children to ensure the colony's future, they grapple with the reality of their deteriorating health from the journey and Earth's radiation. In a controversial move, Farrel and his colleagues use hypnosis to influence couples into having children, believing that offspring are crucial for their survival and eventual colonization efforts. The story culminates twenty-one years later with a reflection on the successful establishment of the colony, albeit with a profound ethical cost that remains unexamined by its inhabitants. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
700 1 _aFreas, Kelly,
_d1922-2005
830 0 _aProduced from If Worlds of Science Fiction November 1953.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30715
999 _c71561
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