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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aNeville, Kris,
_d1925-1980
245 1 0 _aNew Apples in the Garden
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1963.
500 _aRelease date is 2009-12-26
508 _aProduced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"New Apples in the Garden" by Kris Neville is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on Eddie Hibbs, an underground supervisor at a utility company, illustrating the complexities and challenges of modern technology and the human element interacting with it. The book deals with the inevitable issues arising from technological progress and human fragility against the backdrop of societal challenges. The storyline follows Eddie as he navigates a series of professional crises at work, including the aftermath of a tragic accident involving one of his crew members, Ramon Lopez. As Eddie deals with rising pressures from budget cuts, operational failures, and personal dilemmas, he also reflects on the broader implications of technological dependence and societal complexity. Conversations with his family reveal their anxieties about the changing world, underscoring a tension between human existence and the relentless drive toward modernization. The story paints a vivid picture of how personal and professional lives are intertwined with the unpredictable nature of progress, ultimately highlighting the fragility of human lives amidst an increasingly complex society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aEngineers -- Fiction
700 1 _aSchelling, George,
_d1938-
830 0 _aProduced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1963.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30767
999 _c71613
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