Project Gutenberg 2016-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 97 Shaara, Michael 1928 1988 Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Orphans of the Void Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1952 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Orphans of the Void" by Michael Shaara is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers around Captain Steffens and his crew as they explore an alien world and uncover remnants of an ancient civilization, grappling with the existential weight of their discoveries in a universe where intelligent life has seemingly vanished. The storyline follows the crew of a mapping ship as they investigate the fourth planet of the Tyban system and discover its ancient buildings, which have stood for thousands of years. As they delve deeper, they uncover evidence of an advanced race known as the Makers, who once inhabited the now desolate planet. The crew encounters robots that serve the Makers and learn of their tragic history: the Makers have not returned after a devastating war that left their world void of life, and the robots are left with a deep sense of purpose tied to their creators. Captain Steffens faces a moral dilemma as he must ultimately reveal to the robots that the Makers are gone forever, while also providing them a new purpose as they emerge from their long-standing wait for their creators. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction Extrasolar planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 69857 2025-07-20T11:17:43.491393 text/html 46347 2024-10-22T23:40:49 text/html 286869 2025-07-20T11:17:45.331421 application/epub+zip 286471 2025-07-20T11:17:43.869415 application/epub+zip 80351 2025-07-20T11:17:43.659409 application/epub+zip 328151 2025-07-20T11:17:46.587380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320429 2025-07-20T11:17:45.127419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114787 2022-09-23T06:13:28.067848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62077 2025-07-20T11:17:43.349394 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42316 2024-10-22T23:40:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18582 2025-07-20T11:17:46.713377 application/rdf+xml 31107 2025-07-20T11:17:43.728400 image/jpeg 5128 2025-07-20T11:17:43.693403 image/jpeg 258409 2025-07-20T11:17:43.506434 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 en.wikipedia