Project Gutenberg 2016-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 115 Walton, Bryce 1918 1988 O'Hara, Kenneth The Highest Mountain Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1952 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Highest Mountain" by Bryce Walton is a science fiction story originally published in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of human conquest versus spiritual enlightenment, set against the backdrop of Mars and its highest mountain, an enigmatic and towering peak that challenges the crew of the spaceship Mars V. The narrative examines the psychological state of the characters as they grapple with their motivations for exploration and the consequences of their actions in a desolate and alien landscape. The story follows Bruce, a reluctant participant in a mission to conquer the highest mountain in the solar system. As the descent into madness claims members of his crew, Bruce grapples with feelings of guilt and the weight of a violent past marked by colonial conquest. Simultaneously, he experiences vivid dreams of an idyllic Martian civilization that contrast sharply with the crew's aggressive motivations. The mountain becomes a symbol of humanity's destructive tendencies, leading to confrontation and self-discovery. Ultimately, Bruce’s journey culminates in a profound realization about the nature of existence, as he finds himself detached from the harsh realities of the physical world and embraced instead by the dreamlike, peaceful reality of the Martian landscape liberated from the mountain's tyranny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 62108 2025-06-20T12:38:03.530381 text/html 38585 2024-10-22T23:42:07 text/html 244603 2025-06-20T12:38:05.665306 application/epub+zip 243440 2025-06-20T12:38:03.987389 application/epub+zip 77332 2025-06-20T12:38:03.744367 application/epub+zip 283044 2025-06-20T12:38:07.097359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276165 2025-06-20T12:38:05.418339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110285 2022-09-23T06:35:11.937433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54674 2023-09-22T07:01:26.214852 text/plain 34962 2024-10-22T23:42:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16549 2025-06-20T12:38:07.238337 application/rdf+xml 31107 2025-06-20T12:38:03.826372 image/jpeg 5128 2025-06-20T12:38:03.786332 image/jpeg 218553 2025-06-20T12:38:03.545387 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