Project Gutenberg 2016-04-05 Public domain in the USA. 147 West, Wallace 1900 1980 West, Wallace George Dawningsburgh Produced from Galaxy Magazine June 1962 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Dawningsburgh" by Wallace West is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The book explores the themes of disappointment and the search for authentic experiences through the eyes of tourists visiting a fabricated Martian city that has been commercialized for entertainment. The setting reflects a society that has commodified its history and culture, which leads to a critique of both tourism and the human tendency to seek superficial pleasures. The story follows Betsy O'Reilly, a disillusioned tourist, as she embarks on a quest to discover the true essence of Mars beneath the layers of artificiality and consumerism. Disappointed by her experiences in the tourist trap of Dawningsburgh, she ventures out into the cold Martian night, where she encounters Pitaret Mura, an atavistic Martian who has survived in a world largely controlled by robots and simulacra. As they interact, Mura reveals his desire to punish tourists for their misconceptions about Mars, but Betsy suggests a rather clever punishment: to force tourists to live out their mundanity indefinitely. This proposal shifts the narrative from violence to a reflection on the consequences of a shallow existence, creating a unique bond between them that underscores the conflict between authenticity and artifice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Martians -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Tourists -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 43671 2025-08-20T15:33:45.742738 text/html 19677 2024-10-23T00:17:34 text/html 175149 2025-08-20T15:33:47.514727 application/epub+zip 173984 2025-08-20T15:33:46.091745 application/epub+zip 76645 2025-08-20T15:33:45.898718 application/epub+zip 206696 2025-08-20T15:33:48.712764 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199820 2025-08-20T15:33:47.316697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102654 2022-09-23T14:13:17.458452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37738 2025-08-20T15:33:45.646708 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18027 2024-10-23T00:17:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17823 2025-08-20T15:33:48.842693 application/rdf+xml 17164 2025-08-20T15:33:45.966738 image/jpeg 3175 2025-08-20T15:33:45.931739 image/jpeg 157066 2025-08-20T15:33:45.753743 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