Untechnological Employment by Ed M. Clinton

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.html.images 28 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.epub3.images 126 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.epub.images 125 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.epub.noimages 63 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.kf8.images 98 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.kindle.images 92 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23147.txt.utf-8 23 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23147/pg23147-h.zip 122 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Clinton, Ed M., 1926-2006
Title Untechnological Employment
Series Title Produced from Analog Science Fact · Science Fiction November 1962.
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "Untechnological Employment" by Ed M. Clinton Jr. is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative is centered around themes of bureaucracy and the challenges of technological advancements, particularly in the context of space exploration. It explores how external pressures may influence decision-making within governmental and military institutions. The story unfolds through a series of telegram exchanges among military officials and the White House regarding the delays in moon launches caused by bad weather. As the countdown for a significant launch draws near, political considerations become entangled with operational realities, revealing the tensions between technological capabilities and the expectations of political figures. The narrative highlights the absurdities and complexities of bureaucracy, especially in dealing with crises, culminating in an ironic twist regarding weather control and the motivations underlying decision-making in a high-stakes environment. (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
Category Text
EBook-No. 23147
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 55 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!