Project Gutenberg 2023-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 84 Bartholomew, Stephen Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling Far enough to touch $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Far Enough to Touch" by Stephen Bartholomew is a science fiction story published in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around a young Belgian astronaut named Rene Duport, who is part of a diverse crew aboard a moonship, the "Prospero". The book explores themes of isolation, the human mind under pressure, and the desire for exploration, as it delves into Duport's unorthodox reaction to space travel. The story begins with the crew returning from a lunar mission, where Duport, despite being the youngest and a child prodigy, chooses to jump into space rather than return to Earth. This shocking decision leads to a dramatic rescue operation as the crew grapples with the consequences of his leap into the void. Bartholomew intricately portrays Duport’s internal struggle and desires, raising philosophical questions about the human experience and what it means to truly connect with the universe. In a climactic rescue, however, Duport returns physically unharmed but is left in a state of catatonia, suggesting that while he reached for the stars, the experience altered him profoundly, leaving readers to ponder the depths of isolation and the nature of human exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231119083816bartholome 1962 US Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Astronauts -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 63123 2025-06-28T13:05:07.031879 text/html 38566 2023-12-04T13:34:59 text/html 375840 2025-06-28T13:05:11.024867 application/epub+zip 374624 2025-06-28T13:05:08.395898 application/epub+zip 276744 2025-06-28T13:05:07.543877 application/epub+zip 1184808 2025-06-28T13:05:13.842835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1177352 2025-06-28T13:05:10.487878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55690 2025-06-28T13:05:06.883130 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35874 2023-12-04T13:34:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16558 2025-06-28T13:05:13.971935 application/rdf+xml 27628 2025-06-28T13:05:07.925862 image/jpeg 4530 2025-06-28T13:05:07.730991 image/jpeg 1991352 2025-06-28T13:05:07.056911 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