Project Gutenberg 2019-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 137 Biggle, Lloyd, Jr. 1923 2002 Biggle, Lloyd Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Cronus of the D. F. C. Cronus of the D.F.C. Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cronus of the D. F. C." by Jr. Lloyd Biggle is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The story revolves around an innovative, albeit experimental, law enforcement technology known as Cronus, which allows police officers to glimpse future crimes. This narrative explores themes of fate, free will, and the moral dilemmas of knowing potential future events but perhaps being powerless to change them. In the plot, police detective Jim Forsdon is introduced to Cronus, a device that shows future crimes but complicates the ability to prevent them. Tasked with investigating a potential murder shown on Cronus, Forsdon discovers that the victim, Stella Emerson, is linked to a large, troubled man named Mike Gregory. As Forsdon works to protect Stella, they both navigate the precarious nature of fate and inevitability, ultimately leading to Gregory's confrontation with the law. Despite the seemingly predestined outcomes highlighted by the technology, the characters strive for human connection and action, culminating in a tense resolution where Forsdon must confront his feelings and the future that seems inevitable. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Love stories Police -- Fiction Inventions -- Fiction Detectives -- Fiction Crime prevention -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 62370 2025-06-23T15:54:19.442914 text/html 58928 2019-06-01T13:04:54 text/html 255464 2025-06-23T15:54:21.468895 application/epub+zip 254308 2025-06-23T15:54:19.848852 application/epub+zip 90135 2025-06-23T15:54:19.618856 application/epub+zip 295085 2025-06-23T15:54:22.997872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287450 2025-06-23T15:54:21.232866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123535 2022-09-27T01:40:15.935977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54952 2025-06-23T15:54:19.295915 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55173 2019-06-01T13:04:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20917 2025-06-23T15:54:23.169850 application/rdf+xml 27275 2025-06-23T15:54:19.704889 image/jpeg 4930 2025-06-23T15:54:19.661894 image/jpeg 384731 2019-06-01T13:04:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 21517 2019-06-01T13:04:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 387218 2025-06-23T15:54:19.457947 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