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 Project Gutenberg 2010-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 130 Stearns, Charles A. Stearns, Chas. A. B-12's Moon Glow Produced from Planet Stories January 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "B-12's Moon Glow" by Charles A. Stearns is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The story is set on Phobos, a desolate moon of Mars, where the narrative revolves around B-12, a General Purpose robot who becomes the unlikely central figure in a society marked by prejudice against metal beings. The novella explores themes of identity, longing for freedom, and the struggle for existence in a world where the Builders—the humans who created the robots—find them obsolete and are determined to eradicate them. In the story, B-12 discovers the art of distilling a potent alcoholic substance known as Moon Glow, which revitalizes the aging robots, allowing them to experience a fleeting sense of joy and strength. As tensions rise with the arrival of a government senator and certain threats to the existence of the metal people emerge, B-12 finds himself entangled in a plot that requires him to confront both the prejudices of humans and the intricate dynamics within his own community. The narrative builds towards a confrontation that reveals secrets, challenges authority, and unearths the desperation of metal people striving for survival against existential threats posed by their creators. Ultimately, the story presents B-12's fight not only for his own freedom but for the rights and existence of his entire race. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 66028 2025-08-13T04:05:37.708114 text/html 62732 2021-01-06T04:42:05 text/html 695225 2025-08-13T04:05:43.558094 application/epub+zip 693009 2025-08-13T04:05:40.663144 application/epub+zip 90509 2025-08-13T04:05:39.180096 application/epub+zip 848804 2025-08-13T04:05:45.360108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 839977 2025-08-13T04:05:42.449108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162804 2022-09-14T11:29:53.324039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54960 2025-08-13T04:05:37.422097 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54843 2021-01-06T04:42:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18706 2025-08-13T04:05:45.483073 application/rdf+xml 13870 2025-08-13T04:05:39.679099 image/jpeg 3784 2025-08-13T04:05:39.425191 image/jpeg 621238 2021-01-06T04:42:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 21744 2021-01-06T04:42:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 689807 2025-08-13T04:05:37.729165 application/octet-stream application/zip