Project Gutenberg 2016-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 178 Smith, Evelyn E. 1922 2000 Dillon, Diane 1933 Dillon, Diane Claire Sorber Dillon, Leo 1933 2012 The Man Outside Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction August 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Outside" by Evelyn E. Smith is a science fiction novel that was likely written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around Martin, an orphan whose life drastically changes when a woman from the future named Ninian comes to care for him. The novel explores themes of familial responsibilities and the impacts of time travel on life and existence. The narrative follows young Martin, raised in a dysfunctional environment, as he navigates his new life with Ninian and an assortment of his future relatives. As he matures, he learns about the complex motivations of his relatives, who have traveled back in time to protect him from his cousin Conrad, who plans to eliminate him to reshape society. Martin grows increasingly disillusioned with his descendants’ idyllic world, which hides a darker reality where they exploit others. As he grapples with the significance of his existence amidst their interference, he ultimately confronts the implications of a life dictated by the decisions of others, leading to poignant reflections on free will and the cyclical nature of human behavior. The book culminates in a thought-provoking exploration of purpose and existence as Martin faces his mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 66552 2025-06-20T14:55:26.993760 text/html 42955 2024-10-23T00:07:21 text/html 307484 2025-06-20T14:55:29.141265 application/epub+zip 306312 2025-06-20T14:55:27.434777 application/epub+zip 92412 2025-06-20T14:55:27.196781 application/epub+zip 347386 2025-06-20T14:55:30.642217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339850 2025-06-20T14:55:28.896780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126471 2022-09-23T11:18:11.853385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59009 2023-09-22T09:08:37.766260 text/plain 39265 2024-10-23T00:07:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17414 2025-06-20T14:55:30.794164 application/rdf+xml 28273 2025-06-20T14:55:27.274786 image/jpeg 4534 2025-06-20T14:55:27.235775 image/jpeg 277031 2025-06-20T14:55:27.016760 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