Project Gutenberg 2007-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 172 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Scrimshaw Produced from Astounding Science Fiction September 1955. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Scrimshaw" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. Set on the far side of the Moon, the story explores themes of memory recovery and human resilience in extreme environments. The narrative follows Pop Young, a man who, after losing his family to a brutal crime, seeks to recover the lost memories of his past while performing his duties as the caretaker of a mining colony. The story revolves around Pop, who endures the harsh conditions of the lunar surface while grappling with fragmented recollections of his wife and children, who were murdered by a man named Sattell. As Pop attempts to piece together his lost memories, he discovers that being near Sattell triggers vivid flashes of his past, leading to a powerful yet haunting portrayal of his journey. When a red-headed thief attempts to rob Pop of the valuable diamonds extracted from the mine, the tension escalates, culminating in a dramatic explosion. Ultimately, Pop's determination to reclaim his memories transforms his pain into creativity, and he begins to use a unique material discovered in the wreckage for his artistic endeavors, signifying hope and the possibility of healing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Moon -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 61578 2025-08-10T05:04:30.115987 text/html 57658 2007-12-10T07:47:38 text/html 166610 2025-08-10T05:04:35.412908 application/epub+zip 165388 2025-08-10T05:04:33.143901 application/epub+zip 84925 2025-08-10T05:04:31.730876 application/epub+zip 342566 2025-08-10T05:04:36.996893 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335153 2025-08-10T05:04:34.663877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140154 2022-09-11T07:12:14.472743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54685 2025-08-10T05:04:29.847911 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54624 2007-12-10T07:47:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 562302 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 59692 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 72773 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 75331 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 77802 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 74966 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 76779 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 71862 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 75511 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 855472 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 73719 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 73290 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 72845 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 73782 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 36886 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 473159 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 73129 2007-11-16T15:05:46 application/octet-stream 33280 2025-08-10T05:04:37.133877 application/rdf+xml 12297 2025-08-10T05:04:32.467902 image/jpeg 3246 2025-08-10T05:04:32.227926 image/jpeg 93755 2007-12-10T07:47:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 21203 2007-12-10T07:47:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 167816 2025-08-10T05:04:30.130923 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