Project Gutenberg 2010-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 115 Coppel, Alfred 1921 2004 Gilman, Robert Cham Marin, A. C. Coppel, Alfredo José de Arana-Marini Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Galaxan, Sol Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Turnover Point Produced from Amazing Stories April-May 1953. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Turnover Point" by Alfred Coppel is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. This tale explores themes of revenge and personal redemption set against a backdrop of space travel and the harsh realities of life on the margins of society. The story centers around a character named Pop Ganlon, whose existence as an aging spaceman takes a grim turn following the death of his son, a Patrol officer, at the hands of a criminal named John Kane. The plot unfolds as Pop, drifting through life after his son’s tragic death, unwittingly finds himself transporting Kane—a violent outlaw—on a mission off Mars. As they travel in Pop's ship, "The Luck", their paths converge dramatically when Kane reveals his true nature as a killer, having taken the life of Pop's son. Faced with mortality, Pop experiences a profound transformation from resignation to a burning need for vengeance. In a gripping climax, Kane’s hubris leads to his own downfall as he underestimates the depths of Pop's desperation. Through a clever turn of events, Pop’s fate blends with Kane’s, leaving readers to ponder the cyclical nature of vengeance and the ultimate cost of living in isolation among the stars. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Criminals -- Fiction Manned space flight -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 38421 2025-07-13T03:49:49.342793 text/html 34488 2010-02-16T10:19:16 text/html 175951 2025-07-13T03:49:52.991785 application/epub+zip 174756 2025-07-13T03:49:50.996807 application/epub+zip 76772 2025-07-13T03:49:49.883794 application/epub+zip 252502 2025-07-13T03:49:54.465753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245664 2025-07-13T03:49:52.396811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114219 2022-09-14T11:11:03.781838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32077 2025-07-13T03:49:49.099789 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31976 2010-02-16T10:19:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21195 2025-07-13T03:49:54.593767 application/rdf+xml 11816 2025-07-13T03:49:50.373782 image/jpeg 3278 2025-07-13T03:49:50.126809 image/jpeg 114656 2010-02-16T10:19:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 12307 2010-02-16T10:19:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 180844 2025-07-13T03:49:49.354775 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