Project Gutenberg 2009-12-19 Public domain in the USA. 88 Bixby, Jerome 1923 1998 Bixby, Jay Lewis Bixby, Jerry Bixby, Drexel Jerome Lewis Neal, Harry Drexel, Jay B. Lewis, D. B. Lewis, D.B. Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Where There's Hope Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction November 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Where There's Hope" by Jerome Bixby is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores the struggles of a group of colonists on a newly discovered planet, New Earth, as they try to establish a safe and sustainable colony after leaving a dying Earth. The central theme revolves around the ethical implications of procreation in an unstable environment and the necessity of balancing survival with the desire for future generations. In this narrative, the Chief Medical Officer, Hugh Farrel, faces a dilemma when he encounters resistance from the colonist women, led by Mary Pornsen, regarding childbirth due to the dangerous conditions on the planet. As the men express a pressing need for children to ensure the colony's future, they grapple with the reality of their deteriorating health from the journey and Earth's radiation. In a controversial move, Farrel and his colleagues use hypnosis to influence couples into having children, believing that offspring are crucial for their survival and eventual colonization efforts. The story culminates twenty-one years later with a reflection on the successful establishment of the colony, albeit with a profound ethical cost that remains unexamined by its inhabitants. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 39745 2025-08-12T13:18:59.209732 text/html 35598 2021-01-05T23:36:05 text/html 360924 2025-08-12T13:19:03.026746 application/epub+zip 359261 2025-08-12T13:19:00.852724 application/epub+zip 78200 2025-08-12T13:18:59.832709 application/epub+zip 477979 2025-08-12T13:19:04.608685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470056 2025-08-12T13:19:02.390709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133326 2022-09-14T07:55:10.190848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33039 2025-08-12T13:18:58.900741 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32912 2021-01-05T23:36:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19611 2025-08-12T13:19:04.744712 application/rdf+xml 12736 2025-08-12T13:19:00.314730 image/jpeg 3458 2025-08-12T13:19:00.074712 image/jpeg 295691 2021-01-05T23:36:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 12895 2021-01-05T23:36:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 358536 2025-08-12T13:18:59.224737 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