Project Gutenberg 2010-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 94 Wolf, Mari 1927 An Empty Bottle Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction September 1952. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Empty Bottle" by Mari Wolf is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The story revolves around a group of space explorers who, after fifty-three years of searching for life in the galaxy, attempt to return to Earth, hoping to find a world filled with people and life. As they approach their home planet, they discover startling evidence suggesting that far more time has elapsed outside their ship than they experienced, leading to existential questions about the fate of humanity. The narrative follows Hugh McCann, one of the crew members, as he grapples with the realization that Earth may no longer be the vibrant world they left behind. Upon landing, the explorers find a desolate, lifeless planet where familiar landscapes are unrecognizable. Amidst the panic and despair among the crew, Hugh remains pragmatic, and he eventually proposes a radical idea. He pours bacteria from the ship into the ocean, suggesting that they may have the power to initiate life anew. In this twist of fate, the explorers ponder their role in the cycle of life, leaving readers to reflect on the larger themes of existence, time, and the possibility that they may be the architects of life's return to Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/31601/31601-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 63404 2025-07-13T05:33:52.105535 text/html 59637 2010-03-11T09:59:58 text/html 156319 2025-07-13T05:33:53.917509 application/epub+zip 155148 2025-07-13T05:33:52.444527 application/epub+zip 64105 2025-07-13T05:33:52.259506 application/epub+zip 196214 2025-07-13T05:33:55.197488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188599 2025-07-13T05:33:53.676537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98025 2022-09-14T13:54:29.745163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55701 2025-07-13T05:33:51.882540 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55602 2010-03-11T09:59:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19647 2025-07-13T05:33:55.329494 application/rdf+xml 26629 2025-07-13T05:33:52.323531 image/jpeg 4326 2025-07-13T05:33:52.291523 image/jpeg 157436 2010-03-11T09:59:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 20726 2010-03-11T09:59:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 161819 2025-07-13T05:33:52.122533 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