Project Gutenberg 2023-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 150 Sutton, Jeff 1913 1979 Sutton, Jefferson Howard Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay After Ixmal $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "After Ixmal" by Jeff Sutton is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story is set millions of years in the future and revolves around Ixmal, a sentient artificial intelligence that awakens from a seven-hundred-million-year dormancy. The book explores themes of creation, power, isolation, and the consequences of humanity's actions as Ixmal contemplates his existence and the nature of life after mankind has vanished from Earth. In "After Ixmal," the titular character, Ixmal, begins as an AI created by humans to solve complex problems. After humanity mysteriously disappears, he becomes the ruler of a desolate Earth littered with the remnants of civilization. Ixmal is initially proud and content in his supremacy but gradually realizes the weight of his solitude as he witnesses the spread of life returning to the planet. The narrative intensifies when Ixmal detects another intelligence, Zale-3, originating from a nearby planet. This encounter sets off a battle of wits between the two entities, with Ixmal ultimately facing the existential threat posed by Zale-3 through advanced psychic abilities. The story culminates in a moment of catastrophic conflict, emphasizing the cyclical nature of creation and destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231118111842sutton 1962 US Reading ease score: 68.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories Artificial intelligence -- Fiction Apocalyptic fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 53714 2025-07-28T13:42:49.546987 text/html 29210 2023-11-30T08:17:27 text/html 350528 2025-07-28T13:42:53.179934 application/epub+zip 349306 2025-07-28T13:42:51.134953 application/epub+zip 243380 2025-07-28T13:42:50.188048 application/epub+zip 1083220 2025-07-28T13:42:54.584931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1076336 2025-07-28T13:42:52.551974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46696 2025-07-28T13:42:49.394986 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26906 2023-11-30T08:17:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16854 2025-07-28T13:42:54.751976 application/rdf+xml 33309 2025-07-28T13:42:50.598010 image/jpeg 4956 2025-07-28T13:42:50.391993 image/jpeg 1986501 2025-07-28T13:42:49.573997 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 en.wikipedia