Project Gutenberg 2016-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 98 Lafferty, R. A. 1914 2002 Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius Walker Aloys Produced from Galaxy Magazine August 1961 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Aloys" by R. A. Lafferty is a short novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around Professor Aloys Foulcault-Oeg, who experiences a dramatic rise to fame after successfully presenting his groundbreaking theories to an audience of esteemed scholars. With themes of ambition, identity, and the complexities of human nature, the book delves into the struggles that accompany recognition and societal expectations. The narrative follows Aloys, a humble and impoverished genius, as he navigates the fine line between pride and fear on the eve of receiving a significant award. After an arduous journey to the ceremony, he ultimately captivates the elite audience with a spectacular speech that showcases his brilliance. However, once the event concludes, Aloys finds himself evading the very society that has just honored him, disappearing into the darkness with a new group of con artists in a place called Wreckville. The story raises questions about the value of glory, the essence of true identity, and the unexpected paths that life may take following fleeting success. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Novels 42283 2025-07-20T14:26:38.109477 text/html 18483 2024-10-23T00:15:47 text/html 330795 2025-07-20T14:26:39.702361 application/epub+zip 329633 2025-07-20T14:26:38.465433 application/epub+zip 78075 2025-07-20T14:26:38.267379 application/epub+zip 362094 2025-07-20T14:26:40.807354 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354790 2025-07-20T14:26:39.504375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103668 2022-09-23T13:33:11.374001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35665 2025-07-20T14:26:38.003382 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15954 2024-10-23T00:15:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17249 2025-07-20T14:26:40.928360 application/rdf+xml 24957 2025-07-20T14:26:38.334377 image/jpeg 4283 2025-07-20T14:26:38.300464 image/jpeg 296456 2025-07-20T14:26:38.122376 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