Project Gutenberg 2010-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 191 McKimmey, James 1923 2011 McKimmey, James Earl, Jr. Parsons, Philip B. Parsons, P. B. (Philip Brown) 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces Produced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction March 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "'Mid Pleasures and Palaces" by James McKimmey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of isolation, survival, and the impact of time as it follows the story of a man, William Kirk, who encounters Harry Loren, a fellow astronaut who has been stranded on a remote planet for nearly two decades. This narrative delves into the psychological effects of prolonged isolation and the nature of human connection in the face of daunting circumstances. The story begins with Kirk's mission to find Loren, who has been lost after a crash landing. When Kirk finally encounters Loren, he is shocked to find that Loren has formed a bond with a strange alien creature named Eddie. The narrative captures the tension between the desperate hope of returning home and the haunting memories of what has been lost over the years. As Kirk interacts with Loren, he realizes the emotional toll isolation has taken on him, leading to a complex mix of trust and deception. Ultimately, Loren faces the difficult reality of moving on from the past and returning home, raising poignant questions about memory, grief, and the passage of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 49400 2025-06-13T06:19:20.688263 text/html 45325 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 142451 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 216140 2025-06-13T06:19:26.386249 application/epub+zip 214474 2025-06-13T06:19:23.744243 application/epub+zip 78123 2025-06-13T06:19:22.500238 application/epub+zip 365903 2025-06-13T06:19:28.217215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357902 2025-06-13T06:19:25.566235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154658 2022-09-14T14:24:00.229151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42375 2025-06-13T06:19:20.354281 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42170 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15530 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19172 2025-06-13T06:19:28.363196 application/rdf+xml 15065 2025-06-13T06:19:23.053221 image/jpeg 4246 2025-06-13T06:19:22.774222 image/jpeg 214816 2025-06-13T06:19:20.702293 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