Project Gutenberg 2021-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 103 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Marsh, W. L. Hold Back Tomorrow Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy September 1951 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hold Back Tomorrow" by Kris Neville is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. Set in a future society where people can live for centuries, the story explores themes of youth, aging, and the desire to remain young. The narrative revolves around the protagonist, Margy, who grapples with the frightening concept of growing old and dying, contrasting her youthful innocence with the adult responsibilities and complexities that come with maturity. The plot centers on Margy's relationship with Clyde, a boy with whom she shares a tender, yet complicated bond as they both face the pressures of impending adulthood. As Clyde expresses his desire to marry Margy to help them both grow up, Margy is torn between her feelings for him and her fear of losing her youth and innocence. Throughout the story, Margy struggles with societal expectations and her own internal conflicts about aging, leading to moments of desperation and vulnerability. Ultimately, Margy’s plea to remain young highlights the broader existential dilemmas of identity, love, and the inevitable passage of time, culminating in a poignant conclusion that underscores her yearning for perpetual youth amidst the harsh realities of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 93.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Longevity -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 49161 2025-07-26T04:30:33.138162 text/html 25531 2024-10-18T13:27:01 text/html 529074 2025-07-26T04:30:35.139134 application/epub+zip 527897 2025-07-26T04:30:33.594190 application/epub+zip 74508 2025-07-26T04:30:33.328164 application/epub+zip 564369 2025-07-26T04:30:36.535200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557260 2025-07-26T04:30:34.902175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104147 2022-09-29T10:59:40.558709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42773 2025-07-26T04:30:33.021154 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22965 2024-10-18T13:27:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16941 2025-07-26T04:30:36.698114 application/rdf+xml 26263 2025-07-26T04:30:33.444135 image/jpeg 4354 2025-07-26T04:30:33.386145 image/jpeg 556658 2025-07-26T04:30:33.152153 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