Project Gutenberg 2021-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 105 Walton, Bryce 1918 1988 O'Hara, Kenneth Raymond, Ramon The Barrier Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy February 1951 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Barrier" by Bryce Walton is a science fiction short story likely written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers around John Stevens, a convict who is offered a chance to earn a pardon by participating in a high-velocity space experiment. The theme of the book explores the boundaries of human experience, the unknowns of space travel, and the psychological and physical challenges faced by those who dare to break through barriers. In the story, Stevens embarks on a perilous mission in a spacecraft designed to surpass the limits of human endurance and speed. As he hurtles through the void of space at unimaginable velocities, he grapples with thoughts of his past and the choice that led him to this moment, reflecting on his guilt over a manslaughter charge. During the test flight, Stevens encounters a surreal experience that leads him to a higher consciousness, where he learns that he has briefly transcended into another realm. Upon his return, he finds himself miraculously unharmed and poised to take on new challenges, yet haunted by the profound experience that hints at mysterious dimensions of existence beyond human understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 46356 2025-07-26T04:01:02.539158 text/html 22691 2024-10-18T13:09:44 text/html 451680 2025-07-26T04:01:04.506141 application/epub+zip 450495 2025-07-26T04:01:03.081203 application/epub+zip 84942 2025-07-26T04:01:02.748159 application/epub+zip 485169 2025-07-26T04:01:05.730156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477767 2025-07-26T04:01:04.268148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112350 2022-09-29T09:57:53.450795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40128 2025-07-26T04:01:02.430151 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20343 2024-10-18T13:09:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16856 2025-07-26T04:01:05.873135 application/rdf+xml 25470 2025-07-26T04:01:02.897149 image/jpeg 4324 2025-07-26T04:01:02.819166 image/jpeg 977895 2025-07-26T04:01:02.557166 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