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| 100 | 1 | _aStearns, Charles A. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aB-12's Moon Glow |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2010 |
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| 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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