Project Gutenberg 2010-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 195 Stockham, Richard Hunter, Mel 1927 2004 Hunter Perfect Control Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Perfect Control" by Richard Stockham is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative takes place in a future where space travel is a reality, exploring themes of adaptation and psychological impacts of prolonged isolation in space. The story follows Colonel Halter as he attempts to persuade the crew of the derelict starship Alpha to return to Earth after spending nearly seventy-five years in deep space. The plot unfolds as Colonel Halter communicates with the aging crew aboard the Alpha, who have become deeply accustomed to life in space, and are reluctant to abandon their existence. Through tense exchanges, Halter learns about their psychological adjustments and their fears regarding life on Earth, which have left them scarred by memories of conflict and violence. Each member, while initially resistant to returning, ultimately reveals aspects of their humanity and contributions to science and art, which are valuable to society. The climax reveals the captain's struggle with control over the crew and the ship's fate, but as the story progresses, the crew's desires for purpose and connection lead them toward a path of reintegration into society, highlighting the importance of community and engagement with the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/31985/31985-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 67036 2025-06-13T07:39:14.795745 text/html 63015 2010-04-14T11:29:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 275987 2010-04-14T11:29:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 272292 2025-06-13T07:39:17.073790 application/epub+zip 271092 2025-06-13T07:39:15.248787 application/epub+zip 66406 2025-06-13T07:39:15.002777 application/epub+zip 311565 2025-06-13T07:39:18.649303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303308 2025-06-13T07:39:16.818781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100016 2022-09-14T15:53:17.314830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57826 2025-06-13T07:39:14.604748 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57741 2010-04-14T11:29:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22108 2010-04-14T11:29:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19256 2025-06-13T07:39:18.800213 application/rdf+xml 26291 2025-06-13T07:39:15.079778 image/jpeg 4574 2025-06-13T07:39:15.040767 image/jpeg 289115 2025-06-13T07:39:14.833759 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