Project Gutenberg 2006-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 137 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam McGuire, John J. (John Joseph) 1917 1981 McGuire, John Joseph The Return Produced from The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes, 1960. There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #18855 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_(Piper_and_McGuire_short_story) Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Return" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The book follows two scientists, Altamont and Loudons, as they journey into a post-apocalyptic America in search of knowledge, encountering a community descended from an army platoon that managed to survive the devastation. The narrative explores themes of civilization, the preservation of knowledge, and the complexities of rebuilding society after catastrophic events. In "The Return," the protagonists of Altamont and Loudons navigate the wilds of what was once the United States, now overgrown and populated by primitive tribes. They stumble upon a stockaded village where the inhabitants, stemming from an army unit, have formed their own society with remnants of old world knowledge, including a unique religion centered around a slain and resurrected figure. As Altamont and Loudons engage with the villagers, they discover a cache of microfilmed books buried for safe-keeping in a library, which could hold the keys to reviving civilization. The interplay between the scientists and the villagers, combined with the challenges they face from savage tribes, forms a gripping exploration of human resilience and the quest for knowledge in a changed world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 96357 2025-07-08T07:53:11.770568 text/html 93278 2019-08-08T10:46:20 text/html 101472 2025-07-08T07:53:15.673525 application/epub+zip 101170 2025-07-08T07:53:13.251554 application/epub+zip 101170 2025-07-08T07:53:12.277570 application/epub+zip 184131 2025-07-08T07:53:17.545547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172941 2025-07-08T07:53:15.121530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145421 2022-09-09T08:01:52.670574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 88680 2025-07-08T07:53:11.481548 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88544 2006-09-01T16:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20539 2025-07-08T07:53:17.676575 application/rdf+xml 10505 2025-07-08T07:53:12.767568 image/jpeg 2808 2025-07-08T07:53:12.521541 image/jpeg 35411 2019-08-08T10:46:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 34166 2006-09-01T16:43:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 97748 2025-07-08T07:53:11.779546 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia