Project Gutenberg 2016-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 163 Budrys, Algis 1931 2008 Budrys, Algirdas Jonas Scarff, William Hodgkins, David C. Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night Produced from Galaxy Magazine December 1961 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night" by Algis Budrys is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story is set in a future where advanced technologies such as a new video system called EmpaVid allow for the manipulation of emotions and perceptions. It delves into themes of ambition, competition, and the consequences of human desire within a high-stakes corporate environment. The narrative follows Rufus Sollenar, a powerful businessman who has gambled everything on the success of EmpaVid. As he faces off against his rival, Cortwright Burr, Sollenar's journey intertwines with a mysterious advisory figure named Mr. Ermine. After a series of violent confrontations and revelations about Burr's dealings with Martian engineers, Sollenar's ambitions unravel, leading to an exploration of identity, reality, and mortality. Ultimately, Sollenar’s quest for immortality culminates in a tragic and ironic twist, as Ermine, who embodies the very system that Sollenar sought to control, finds his own unexpected transformation. The novel weaves a complex narrative examining the intersections of technology, human aspiration, and the uncanny facets of existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Revenge -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Businessmen -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 74064 2025-06-20T16:28:45.664376 text/html 50454 2024-10-23T00:19:48 text/html 314708 2025-06-20T16:28:48.007323 application/epub+zip 313510 2025-06-20T16:28:46.207373 application/epub+zip 86297 2025-06-20T16:28:45.959349 application/epub+zip 353493 2025-06-20T16:28:49.565308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346905 2025-06-20T16:28:47.759437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119944 2022-09-23T14:43:33.367472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66327 2023-09-22T10:39:57.745977 text/plain 46472 2024-10-23T00:19:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17323 2025-06-20T16:28:49.707312 application/rdf+xml 26836 2025-06-20T16:28:46.041381 image/jpeg 4058 2025-06-20T16:28:46.001322 image/jpeg 285768 2025-06-20T16:28:45.682319 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