Project Gutenberg 2005-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 219 Serviss, Garrett Putman 1851 1929 Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman) The Second Deluge Produced by Suzanne Shell, Erica Jacobson, Sandra Brown, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Second Deluge" by Garrett Putman Serviss is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers on a brilliant but eccentric scientist named Cosmo Versál, who discovers an imminent cosmic disaster—a collision with a watery nebula that threatens to flood the Earth. As he races against time to save a select remnant of humanity, the narrative explores themes of belief, reason, and the moral complexities of choosing who deserves to be saved. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Cosmo Versál, a frail and obsessive genius conducting research in his cluttered laboratory. He calculates that the Earth is on a collision course with a nebula, predicting a catastrophic flood with waters rising as deep as six miles. Despite his extensive warning efforts to the public, including bold proclamations plastered across New York, he faces skepticism and ridicule. Engaged in a desperate race to construct an ark—echoing the biblical tale of Noah—he debates the ethical implications of selecting who will be spared from destruction, grappling with the weight of humanity's fate resting on his shoulders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 598142 2025-07-04T08:10:02.573312 text/html 597963 2025-01-11T23:30:42.427247 text/html 291694 2025-07-04T08:10:10.361328 application/epub+zip 300482 2025-07-04T08:10:04.456304 application/epub+zip 300483 2025-07-04T08:10:03.272440 application/epub+zip 520551 2025-07-04T08:10:15.103303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480484 2025-07-04T08:10:09.628277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456965 2022-09-04T13:25:52.347779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544479 2025-07-04T08:10:01.968330 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 544061 2012-08-24T14:03:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 544056 2012-08-24T14:03:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19550 2025-07-04T08:10:15.229262 application/rdf+xml 12294 2025-07-04T08:10:03.767327 image/jpeg 3195 2025-07-04T08:10:03.519299 image/jpeg 206327 2012-08-24T14:03:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 206218 2012-08-24T14:03:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 286497 2025-07-04T08:10:02.616340 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