Project Gutenberg 2023-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 136 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt Varga, Mel Divvy up $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1960. Produced from Amazing Stories February 1960. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Divvy Up" by Milt Lesser is a hard-hitting science fiction story written during the early 1960s. Set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by war, the narrative explores themes of survival, betrayal, and moral decay in a society where inhumanity has become commonplace. The protagonist, Hardesty, navigates a brutal landscape where even the simplest acts are steeped in treachery and self-interest. The story follows Hardesty, who is part of a firing squad about to execute a condemned man. When a girl unexpectedly shoots the prisoner before the command is given, chaos ensues, presenting an opportunity for Hardesty to scavenge the dead man's belongings. He encounters the widow of the condemned man, leading to a tense confrontation that reveals the dangers of betrayal in this bleak society. As the bombed-out city bears witness to wartime atrocities, Hardesty's struggle for survival culminates in a final twist of fate, revealing the extent of deception around him when the very woman he sought to ally with ultimately leads to his demise. "Divvy Up" illustrates a chilling portrayal of human nature in the face of relentless desperation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231212103559lesser 1960 US Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Apocalyptic fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 56043 2025-07-28T14:52:08.951719 text/html 31632 2023-12-29T16:50:08 text/html 412774 2025-07-28T14:52:12.233777 application/epub+zip 411563 2025-07-28T14:52:10.371732 application/epub+zip 167019 2025-07-28T14:52:09.478709 application/epub+zip 954876 2025-07-28T14:52:13.597787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 948301 2025-07-28T14:52:11.684707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48852 2025-07-28T14:52:08.811721 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29068 2023-12-29T16:50:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16252 2025-07-28T14:52:13.733742 application/rdf+xml 24746 2025-07-28T14:52:09.893738 image/jpeg 4448 2025-07-28T14:52:09.681702 image/jpeg 1838438 2025-07-28T14:52:08.978794 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