Project Gutenberg 2010-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 175 Sharkey, Jack 1931 1992 Sharkey, John Michael Old Friends Are the Best Produced from Amazing Stories March 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Old Friends Are the Best" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction narrative that was likely written in the early 1960s. The story explores themes of survival, memory, and the unexpected consequences of human interference with nature. It follows the peculiar journey and evolution of a plant discovered on the Moon, known as the Peter W. Merrill Moonplant, as its existence intersects dramatically with humanity's presence on Earth. The story begins with the Moonplant, which has spent millennia lying dormant on the Moon, only to be discovered by an engineer and later nurtured by a botanist on Earth. As the plant thrives and spreads its roots underground, it begins to create a magnetic field that disrupts gravity, causing chaos on Earth and eventually leading to a mass migration of humans to the Moon. However, as disturbances increase, scientists realize that numerous meteors are being attracted to Earth due to the plant’s influence, ultimately threatening the planet's stability. The tale unfolds to a climax where the characters discover that Earth's downfall may stem from their negligence of the Moonplant and confront the irony of what they regard as natural friends now becoming unforeseen foes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33871/33871-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 47079 2025-10-14T03:51:58.260802 text/html 43548 2010-10-18T09:00:06 text/html 138119 2025-10-14T03:52:00.084804 application/epub+zip 136937 2025-10-14T03:51:58.721804 application/epub+zip 78366 2025-10-14T03:51:58.481812 application/epub+zip 170286 2025-10-14T03:52:01.251786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163037 2025-10-14T03:51:59.840821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104647 2022-09-15T12:18:49.676862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 39313 2025-10-14T03:51:58.144799 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39149 2010-10-18T09:00:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18670 2025-10-14T03:52:01.374771 application/rdf+xml 29420 2025-10-14T03:51:58.542795 image/jpeg 4535 2025-10-14T03:51:58.511808 image/jpeg 139926 2010-10-18T09:00:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 15315 2010-10-18T09:00:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 140941 2025-10-14T03:51:58.268824 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