Project Gutenberg 2022-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 96 Smith, Ben Berwin, Milton Berwin Sequel $aUnited States :$bSpace Publications, Inc.,$c1953. Produced from Rocket Stories, July 1953 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. "Sequel" by Ben Smith is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of isolation, regret, and redemption set against the backdrop of space travel. The story follows the protagonist, Jubil Marken, who finds himself adrift in space after a mutiny on board his ship, the "Mercury II", reflecting on his past choices and the consequences they have led to. In the story, Jubil Marken grapples with feelings of loss and failure as he recalls his time at the Academy and the friends who have gone on to achieve greatness, unlike him. Ejected from his ship by mutineers, he reflects on the fate that awaits him while drifting towards a cold asteroid. Through his thoughts, the narrative reveals his sense of peace amidst impending death, as he contemplates the actions of his former crew and the tragic end of his comrades, Kane and Schoenbirk. Ultimately, as space shatters around him following the destruction of the "Mercury II", Jubil comes to terms with his own mortality, achieving a measure of personal redemption through self-sacrifice, akin to the brilliance of the friends he lost. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220527032715smith 1953 US Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Engineers -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Mutiny -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 34931 2025-07-27T07:44:17.885403 text/html 10866 2024-10-18T23:27:12 text/html 178967 2025-07-27T07:44:19.500378 application/epub+zip 177804 2025-07-27T07:44:18.206379 application/epub+zip 77173 2025-07-27T07:44:18.021406 application/epub+zip 210917 2025-07-27T07:44:20.706390 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203522 2025-07-27T07:44:19.316378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103125 2022-09-30T20:46:12.089331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28928 2025-07-27T07:44:17.791385 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9096 2024-10-18T23:27:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17016 2025-07-27T07:44:20.839406 application/rdf+xml 25795 2025-07-27T07:44:18.096369 image/jpeg 4864 2025-07-27T07:44:18.058376 image/jpeg 162440 2025-07-27T07:44:17.897379 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