Project Gutenberg 2009-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 84 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling New Apples in the Garden Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1963. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "New Apples in the Garden" by Kris Neville is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on Eddie Hibbs, an underground supervisor at a utility company, illustrating the complexities and challenges of modern technology and the human element interacting with it. The book deals with the inevitable issues arising from technological progress and human fragility against the backdrop of societal challenges. The storyline follows Eddie as he navigates a series of professional crises at work, including the aftermath of a tragic accident involving one of his crew members, Ramon Lopez. As Eddie deals with rising pressures from budget cuts, operational failures, and personal dilemmas, he also reflects on the broader implications of technological dependence and societal complexity. Conversations with his family reveal their anxieties about the changing world, underscoring a tension between human existence and the relentless drive toward modernization. The story paints a vivid picture of how personal and professional lives are intertwined with the unpredictable nature of progress, ultimately highlighting the fragility of human lives amidst an increasingly complex society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Engineers -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 47560 2025-08-12T13:33:22.495620 text/html 44005 2009-12-26T09:56:12 text/html 150346 2025-08-12T13:33:27.304610 application/epub+zip 149123 2025-08-12T13:33:25.100592 application/epub+zip 79693 2025-08-12T13:33:24.047582 application/epub+zip 253023 2025-08-12T13:33:28.902633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246393 2025-08-12T13:33:26.658572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144193 2022-09-14T08:13:34.617847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41232 2025-08-12T13:33:22.236600 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41068 2009-12-26T09:56:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19316 2025-08-12T13:33:29.033600 application/rdf+xml 13940 2025-08-12T13:33:24.537579 image/jpeg 3913 2025-08-12T13:33:24.289593 image/jpeg 71856 2009-12-26T09:56:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 15879 2009-12-26T09:56:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 146210 2025-08-12T13:33:22.504607 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