Project Gutenberg 2021-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 130 Miller, P. Schuyler (Peter Schuyler) 1912 1974 Miller, Peter Schuyler Holmdale, Herbert W. The Ultimate Image Produced from Comet December 40 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ultimate Image" by P. Schuyler Miller is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The book explores advanced concepts in physics and technology, particularly the intersections of science with espionage and defense, as a small group attempts to avert a significant threat. The narrative centers around the character Pierre Dampier, a physicist who claims to have created a weapon that can render attacks ineffective. In the story, journalist Mike Crandall and his colleague Bill Porter find themselves entangled in a high-stakes situation involving an assassination attempt on a Middle-European ambassador by Dampier. After an intense struggle, they discover Dampier's motives are tied to a revolutionary scientific breakthrough: a device capable of creating a zone of total reflection, which protects against any form of attack. As they delve deeper into the implications of this technology, they face threats from various entities, including the very ambassador Dampier sought to eliminate. In a climax of tension and unintended consequences, Dampier's experiment spirals out of control, leading to a catastrophic explosion that challenges the nature of existence and the fabric of reality itself. The book raises profound questions about the universe, the nature of reality, and the consequences of scientific ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Maryland -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction Weapons -- Fiction Physicists -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 66768 2025-06-25T12:31:18.786830 text/html 42960 2024-10-18T11:50:12 text/html 358173 2025-06-25T12:31:20.749846 application/epub+zip 356982 2025-06-25T12:31:19.298842 application/epub+zip 89737 2025-06-25T12:31:18.999856 application/epub+zip 396249 2025-06-25T12:31:22.043871 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388572 2025-06-25T12:31:20.529879 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121430 2022-09-29T07:24:51.382437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59850 2025-06-25T12:31:18.648849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40025 2024-10-18T11:50:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18118 2025-06-25T12:31:22.170821 application/rdf+xml 30800 2025-06-25T12:31:19.136847 image/jpeg 5380 2025-06-25T12:31:19.067833 image/jpeg 1005083 2025-06-25T12:31:18.815825 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