Project Gutenberg 2020-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 134 Brackett, Leigh 1915 1978 Brackett, Leigh Douglass Hamilton, Leigh Brackett Leydenfrost, Alexander 1888 1961 Leidenfrost, Sandor Child of the Sun Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1942 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Child of the Sun" by Leigh Brackett is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. It explores themes of freedom, oppression, and existence within a cosmic setting, as it follows the struggle of humans in a dystopian world governed by a tyrant named Gantry Hilton, who wields near-godlike control over minds through his Psycho-Adjuster. The narrative centers on the character Eric Falken and his desperate attempts to escape capture and save both himself and an Unregenerate woman named Sheila Moore from the clutches of Hiltonism. In the book, Eric Falken is pursued by the Hiltonist forces and must navigate the treacherous depths of space aboard his ship, the "Falcon". Along the way, he grapples with his past, loss, and the looming threat of being "Hiltonized." As he and Sheila seek refuge on a mysterious planet named Vulcan, they encounter a powerful entity known as the Sun-child, a being of immense energy and intelligence who has created its own fantastical world, yet remains trapped in it. The narrative evolves into a battle of wills as Falken and Sheila confront both their oppressor and the Sun-child, ultimately forming a tentative alliance to create a new haven for the Unregenerates. The climax revolves around a poignant moment where Falken challenges the Sun-child’s identity and purpose, leading to a transformation that offers hope for humanity's future in a newly formed world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 83556 2025-07-24T13:42:50.364903 text/html 60488 2024-10-18T03:13:31 text/html 258686 2025-07-24T13:42:52.518961 application/epub+zip 257518 2025-07-24T13:42:50.781897 application/epub+zip 86944 2025-07-24T13:42:50.548926 application/epub+zip 304276 2025-07-24T13:42:53.940894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296713 2025-07-24T13:42:52.302905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126334 2022-09-28T01:16:01.772228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75812 2025-07-24T13:42:50.159922 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56056 2024-10-18T03:13:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17452 2025-07-24T13:42:54.080921 application/rdf+xml 27005 2025-07-24T13:42:50.639923 image/jpeg 4571 2025-07-24T13:42:50.596902 image/jpeg 582869 2025-07-24T13:42:50.384893 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