Project Gutenberg 2019-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 124 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally The Good Seed Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1960 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Good Seed" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction short story written in the late 1950s. The narrative unfolds on a distant, Earth-like planet called Mersey, focusing on Calvin Mulloy, a top survey engineer who finds himself stranded on a small island during a violent storm. The story explores themes of survival, existential dread, and the quest for significance in life, especially through the eyes of one's own mortality. As the storm intensifies, Calvin encounters an intelligent plant that also faces imminent death due to the rising waters. Their conversations reveal Calvin's inner turmoil and his desperation to accomplish something meaningful before his potential demise. The plant expresses a different perspective on life and death, emphasizing the importance of having seeded and contributed to existence even in the face of mortality. Eventually, in a moment of revelation, Calvin realizes the true essence of living not just for oneself but for a greater purpose, culminating in his act of saving the plant's seeds, which symbolizes hope and continuity beyond his own life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 91.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Islands -- Fiction Survival -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Floods -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 53110 2025-07-24T07:56:38.235147 text/html 29203 2024-10-17T14:50:19 text/html 345622 2025-07-24T07:56:40.034198 application/epub+zip 344461 2025-07-24T07:56:38.612190 application/epub+zip 74977 2025-07-24T07:56:38.395167 application/epub+zip 381760 2025-07-24T07:56:41.406161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374294 2025-07-24T07:56:39.817151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105032 2022-09-27T13:02:24.563303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46257 2025-07-24T07:56:38.131164 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26512 2024-10-17T14:50:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18459 2025-07-24T07:56:41.602143 application/rdf+xml 26776 2025-07-24T07:56:38.476172 image/jpeg 4683 2025-07-24T07:56:38.436159 image/jpeg 489548 2025-07-24T07:56:38.248183 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 en.wikipedia