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100 1 _aStearns, Charles A.
245 1 0 _aB-12's Moon Glow
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories January 1954.
500 _aRelease date is 2010-02-23
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"B-12's Moon Glow" by Charles A. Stearns is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The story is set on Phobos, a desolate moon of Mars, where the narrative revolves around B-12, a General Purpose robot who becomes the unlikely central figure in a society marked by prejudice against metal beings. The novella explores themes of identity, longing for freedom, and the struggle for existence in a world where the Builders—the humans who created the robots—find them obsolete and are determined to eradicate them. In the story, B-12 discovers the art of distilling a potent alcoholic substance known as Moon Glow, which revitalizes the aging robots, allowing them to experience a fleeting sense of joy and strength. As tensions rise with the arrival of a government senator and certain threats to the existence of the metal people emerge, B-12 finds himself entangled in a plot that requires him to confront both the prejudices of humans and the intricate dynamics within his own community. The narrative builds towards a confrontation that reveals secrets, challenges authority, and unearths the desperation of metal people striving for survival against existential threats posed by their creators. Ultimately, the story presents B-12's fight not only for his own freedom but for the rights and existence of his entire race. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aRobots -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories January 1954.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31364
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