Project Gutenberg 2020-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 150 Jacobi, Carl 1908 1997 Jacobi, Carl Richard Tepondicon Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1946 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Tepondicon" by Carl Jacobi is a science fiction novella published in the mid-20th century. The story is set in a future where a plague ravages the cities of Ganymede, Jupiter's third satellite, creating a desperate environment rife with decay and desperation. The narrative follows the protagonist, George Dulfay, who embarks on a mission to explore the seven plague-stricken cities in search of a legendary treasure—the Jupiter Stone—believed to hold immense power and wealth. In the novella, George Dulfay, initially motivated by greed and the allure of riches, gains temporary immunity against the plague through the use of special pellets. As he travels through each of the seven cities, he faces various dangers, including the risk of being captured by those who see him as a symbol of hope, known as Tepondicon. With each city he visits, the acclaim he receives grows, but he soon realizes that with the potential of acquiring the Jupiter Stone comes a grave cost: his life may be sacrificed in the process of potentially saving the cities from their curse. In the end, Dulfay is faced with a critical choice between seizing the stone for personal gain and embracing a path of self-sacrifice to truly free the citizens from their suffering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Diseases -- Fiction Treasure hunting -- Fiction Ganymede (Satellite) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 55959 2025-07-25T09:13:42.605775 text/html 32285 2024-10-18T08:16:43 text/html 455786 2025-07-25T09:13:44.405831 application/epub+zip 454631 2025-07-25T09:13:43.025829 application/epub+zip 84640 2025-07-25T09:13:42.788814 application/epub+zip 491445 2025-07-25T09:13:45.776784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483739 2025-07-25T09:13:44.203803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116511 2022-09-28T18:43:13.187832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49445 2025-07-25T09:13:42.316784 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29683 2024-10-18T08:16:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17253 2025-07-25T09:13:45.902760 application/rdf+xml 34227 2025-07-25T09:13:42.893794 image/jpeg 5522 2025-07-25T09:13:42.839789 image/jpeg 426592 2025-07-25T09:13:42.619825 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