Project Gutenberg 2020-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 111 Fox, Gardner F. (Gardner Francis) 1911 1986 Moonchild Purvis, Clement Ingels, Graham 1915 1991 The Last Monster Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1945 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Last Monster" by Gardner F. Fox is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The story revolves around Irgi, the last surviving member of a once-great race of monsters who possesses the key to immortality. The plot explores themes of loneliness, existence, and the human desire for survival against the backdrop of an abandoned planet and interplanetary quests. The narrative follows four men from Earth, led by Valentine Emerson, who journey to the dead planet of Urg in search of radium to combat a devastating plague on their home world. Upon arrival, they encounter Irgi, a tentacled creature who has lived in solitude for centuries. As the men struggle with their imminent demise from the plague and space cancer, they initially mistake Irgi as a threat. However, as the story unfolds, they realize that Irgi has the capability to cure their afflictions. Tensions rise as Emerson fights to save his crew from Mussdorf, the volatile convict who aims to exploit Irgi and the mysterious powers of his technology for personal gain. Ultimately, the men are faced with moral dilemmas of survival versus selfish ambition, with Irgi’s fate entwined with their own—a poignant commentary on fear, understanding, and the longing for connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Immortality -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 81261 2025-07-25T08:46:33.847204 text/html 58003 2024-10-18T07:56:13 text/html 410414 2025-07-25T08:46:36.024213 application/epub+zip 409247 2025-07-25T08:46:34.301257 application/epub+zip 98404 2025-07-25T08:46:34.045231 application/epub+zip 454404 2025-07-25T08:46:37.531186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446653 2025-07-25T08:46:35.727207 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136133 2022-09-28T17:45:42.330842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74082 2025-07-25T08:46:33.670243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54329 2024-10-18T07:56:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17751 2025-07-25T08:46:37.662197 application/rdf+xml 31121 2025-07-25T08:46:34.156217 image/jpeg 5298 2025-07-25T08:46:34.099212 image/jpeg 434323 2025-07-25T08:46:33.862239 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