Project Gutenberg 2016-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 139 Quattrocchi, Frank Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Sea Legs Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction November 1951 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sea Legs" by Frank Quattrocchi is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around Flight Officer Robert Craig, who has spent most of his life in space. As he prepares to return to Earth (Terra) for the first time, he grapples with the physical and psychological challenges of readjusting to a planet's gravity after years of weightlessness. The narrative explores themes of homesickness, identity, and the consequences of a society governed by conformity and bureaucracy. The plot follows Craig as he undergoes a rigorous gravitational conditioning process at a space headquarters, highlighting his experiences with societal expectations and the difficulties of transitioning back to life on Terra. Upon arriving, he quickly realizes that the Earth he longed for is vastly different from the view he had imagined in his dreams. As he navigates a strange and oppressive environment dominated by a ruthless government—represented by the Civil Control—he finds himself inadvertently drawn into the subversive Liberty party. Alongside a group of people determined to challenge the totalitarian regime, Craig comes to terms with his identity and ultimately embraces the fight for freedom and the truth, following an unexpected path laid out by an old man's final wishes. Through this journey, the book delves into the nature of personal freedom, the impact of technology, and the realities of societal control. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Political fiction Space travelers -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Politics Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 111809 2025-06-20T15:15:41.462067 text/html 89163 2024-10-23T00:09:19 text/html 467256 2025-06-20T15:15:44.193085 application/epub+zip 467868 2025-06-20T15:15:41.967081 application/epub+zip 107600 2025-06-20T15:15:41.684030 application/epub+zip 520574 2025-06-20T15:15:46.009034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512413 2025-06-20T15:15:43.925997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152630 2022-09-23T12:01:07.135029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102157 2023-09-22T09:27:06.282005 text/plain 82453 2024-10-23T00:09:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17125 2025-06-20T15:15:46.589997 application/rdf+xml 22044 2025-06-20T15:15:41.766069 image/jpeg 4064 2025-06-20T15:15:41.723052 image/jpeg 425726 2025-06-20T15:15:41.485057 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