Project Gutenberg 2024-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 176 Aycock, Roger D. 1914 2004 Dee, Roger Starr, John The man who found out $aNew York, NY :$bKing-Size Publications, Inc., $c1954. Produced from Fantastic Universe September 1954. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Who Found Out" by Roger D. Aycock is a science fiction novella published in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a cynical journalist named Fortenay, who is tasked with covering the investigation of a mysterious artifact discovered deep in the ocean. The narrative explores themes of skepticism and hubris, contrasting Fortenay's arrogance with that of the scientist Dr. Hans Weigand, who is determined to uncover the truth behind his findings. In the tale, Fortenay boards the oceanographic survey ship Cormorant, eager to expose what he believes will be a scientific fraud. As the two descend into the depths of Bartlett Deep in a bathysphere, Fortenay's arrogance is challenged by the darkness of the ocean and the ominous artifact looming ahead. When the bathysphere ultimately succumbs to the pressure of the abyss, the journalist unexpectedly finds himself thrust into a mythic realm alongside Weigand, where reality and legend converge. The novella culminates in Fortenay's realization of his own mortality and the consequences of his dismissive attitude towards the unknown, as they encounter a door that leads to what is ominously referred to as "Davy Jones' Locker." (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240310132521dee 1954 US Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories Scientists -- Fiction Underwater exploration -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction Caribbean Sea -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 44264 2025-07-29T10:12:16.056860 text/html 19702 2024-08-06T15:11:55 text/html 250206 2025-07-29T10:12:19.517833 application/epub+zip 248989 2025-07-29T10:12:17.596956 application/epub+zip 248988 2025-07-29T10:12:16.620859 application/epub+zip 1060977 2025-07-29T10:12:20.933848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1054063 2025-07-29T10:12:18.936841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37297 2025-07-29T10:12:15.931878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17488 2024-08-06T15:11:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16647 2025-07-29T10:12:21.094826 application/rdf+xml 26728 2025-07-29T10:12:17.071863 image/jpeg 4486 2025-07-29T10:12:16.859854 image/jpeg 1225718 2025-07-29T10:12:16.073874 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