Project Gutenberg 2010-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 112 Clarke, Jay Kossin, Sandy Kossin, Sanford Kossin High Man Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "High Man" by Jay Clarke is a science fiction story penned in the mid-20th century, specifically in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around themes of ambition, technology, and the unexpected consequences of scientific experimentation. The central plot follows the character Roger Brisby and his comedic misadventures with an anti-gravity belt invented by Professor Phelps-Smythe Burdinghaugh. The story unfolds as Roger, who has not communicated with his fiancée, Anne, returns from New York after a bizarre series of events involving the professor's anti-gravity experiment. Initially buoyed by the thrill of soaring through the air, Roger soon finds himself in a precarious situation as he becomes unable to control his ascent. After several days floating high above the ground, he eventually descends and seeks to reconnect with the professor, only to discover that Burdinghaugh has taken a keen interest in Anne and manipulated the situation to free Roger from his engagement. In a twist of fate, Roger cleverly patents the anti-gravity design, turning his misfortune into opportunity while simultaneously freeing himself from emotional entanglements. The story combines humor and light-heartedness with a commentary on the nature of relationships and the pursuit of scientific progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32229/32229-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Epistolary fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Inventions -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 47322 2025-08-13T08:03:06.762179 text/html 43564 2021-01-06T13:39:12 text/html 98125 2025-08-13T08:03:08.655221 application/epub+zip 96929 2025-08-13T08:03:07.230147 application/epub+zip 66798 2025-08-13T08:03:06.988142 application/epub+zip 131482 2025-08-13T08:03:09.877181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123490 2025-08-13T08:03:08.406196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93627 2022-09-15T03:38:01.440975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37037 2025-08-13T08:03:06.605142 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36895 2021-01-06T13:39:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36886 2021-01-06T13:39:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21121 2025-08-13T08:03:10.012122 application/rdf+xml 24443 2025-08-13T08:03:07.049150 image/jpeg 4388 2025-08-13T08:03:07.018162 image/jpeg 14569 2021-01-06T13:39:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 88025 2021-01-06T13:39:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 14549 2021-01-06T13:39:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 88908 2025-08-13T08:03:06.771169 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