High Man by Jay Clarke

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.html.images 46 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.epub3.images 96 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.epub.images 95 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.epub.noimages 65 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.kf8.images 128 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.kindle.images 121 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32229.txt.utf-8 36 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/32229/pg32229-h.zip 87 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Clarke, Jay
Illustrator Kossin, Sandy
Title High Man
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary "High Man" by Jay Clarke is a science fiction story penned in the mid-20th century, specifically in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around themes of ambition, technology, and the unexpected consequences of scientific experimentation. The central plot follows the character Roger Brisby and his comedic misadventures with an anti-gravity belt invented by Professor Phelps-Smythe Burdinghaugh. The story unfolds as Roger, who has not communicated with his fiancée, Anne, returns from New York after a bizarre series of events involving the professor's anti-gravity experiment. Initially buoyed by the thrill of soaring through the air, Roger soon finds himself in a precarious situation as he becomes unable to control his ascent. After several days floating high above the ground, he eventually descends and seeks to reconnect with the professor, only to discover that Burdinghaugh has taken a keen interest in Anne and manipulated the situation to free Roger from his engagement. In a twist of fate, Roger cleverly patents the anti-gravity design, turning his misfortune into opportunity while simultaneously freeing himself from emotional entanglements. The story combines humor and light-heartedness with a commentary on the nature of relationships and the pursuit of scientific progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject Epistolary fiction
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject Inventions -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 32229
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 6, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 57 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!