Project Gutenberg 2019-12-19 Public domain in the USA. 177 Wicks, Robert Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. The Impersonator Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, November 1960 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Impersonator" by Robert Wicks is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The book explores themes of identity, memory, and the consequences of human actions in the face of global catastrophe. It features the protagonist, Paul Chandler, who grapples with his own identity while facing the imminent threat of massive glaciation and a subsequent ice age, leading a team charged with a daring plan to avert disaster. In the narrative, Paul Chandler awakens in a stark laboratory, unable to recall his previous experiences but instinctively aware of his identity as a geophysicist assigned to lead Project Ice Thaw. Throughout meetings with international delegates, tensions rise over various plans to combat the glaciation, which leads Chandler to propose an audacious concept of tapping into the Earth's core for heat. As political machinations unfold and an unexpected conflict with his colleague Kotenko arises, Chandler's journey culminates in a tense moment when a catastrophic decision is made regarding the project. Ultimately, the story delves deep into the concept of fate, revealing that Chandler's consciousness is part of a larger experiment to save Earth and humanity from destruction, leading to profound philosophical questions about existence and purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Time travel -- Fiction Climate change mitigation -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 73773 2025-09-24T08:19:42.591012 text/html 50499 2024-10-17T15:20:24 text/html 428152 2025-09-24T08:19:44.505989 application/epub+zip 426982 2025-09-24T08:19:42.951981 application/epub+zip 67885 2025-09-24T08:19:42.747999 application/epub+zip 466328 2025-09-24T08:19:45.828021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458693 2025-09-24T08:19:44.307029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99787 2022-09-27T14:37:43.640715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 65997 2025-09-24T08:19:42.427991 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46244 2024-10-17T15:20:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17095 2025-09-24T08:19:46.011979 application/rdf+xml 14454 2025-09-24T08:19:42.820984 image/jpeg 2800 2025-09-24T08:19:42.784994 image/jpeg 354332 2025-09-24T08:19:42.604018 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