Project Gutenberg 2023-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 135 Teichner, Albert Teichner, Albert R. Adragna, Robert 1943 Adragna, Bob Adragna, Robert Joseph The happiness rock $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1963. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Happiness Rock" by Albert Teichner is a science fiction narrative likely written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around a strange asteroid that emits a powder leading to euphoric feelings in those who encounter it. The plot follows Warrant Officer Cramer and Captain Hartley as they explore the asteroid, uncover its secrets, and grapple with the implications of the happiness-inducing substance they discover. As the duo collects samples from the asteroid, they find that the white powder provides intense pleasure without apparent side effects. Hartley, despite initial precautions, becomes increasingly drawn to the substance, attempting to keep the potential commercialization of this newfound joy catalyst a secret. The narrative unfolds the ethical dilemmas of exploiting such a substance while exposing the darker side of human addiction. Cramer's fears about the drug's implications eventually lead to a dramatic confrontation with its unexpected consequences, pushing the boundaries of morality, authority, and the essence of happiness. The book explores themes of temptation, the search for joy, and the potential cost of easy happiness in a society often seeking fulfillment in drug-like escapism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231125114505teichner 1963 US Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Asteroids -- Fiction Drugs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 86693 2025-06-28T13:31:31.803813 text/html 62024 2023-12-16T07:58:01 text/html 463235 2025-06-28T13:31:35.328835 application/epub+zip 461976 2025-06-28T13:31:33.221810 application/epub+zip 206093 2025-06-28T13:31:32.348798 application/epub+zip 1178686 2025-06-28T13:31:36.847878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1171121 2025-06-28T13:31:34.769820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77014 2025-06-28T13:31:31.586812 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57205 2023-12-16T07:58:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16056 2025-06-28T13:31:36.976925 application/rdf+xml 25013 2025-06-28T13:31:32.724799 image/jpeg 3966 2025-06-28T13:31:32.532844 image/jpeg 2032683 2025-06-28T13:31:31.835823 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