02796cam a2200301 4500 525930154 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780795321269 0795321260 d60c3425-60a7-4e37-85f7-3b0a0acab61e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1315239 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Heinlein, Robert A. The Year of the Jackpot [Libby] : The Galaxy Project, Book 20. RosettaBooks, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2000kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:<p><b>A statistician attempts to make sense of a world gone mad in an apocalyptic sci-fi scenario from the Hugo Award–winning author of <i>Starship Troopers</i>.</b><br /> <br /> Multiple Hugo Award winner Robert Heinlein earned countless fans, accolades, and honors with groundbreaking novels such as <i>Starship Troopers</i> and <i>Stranger in a Strange Land</i>. But it was shorter works like his brilliant novella, <i>The Year of the Jackpot</i>, that solidified Heinlein's position among sci-fi's greatest.<br /> <br /> Potiphar Breen puts his trust in numbers to make sense of the world. An unassuming, middle-aged bachelor, he has been carefully noting a rise in odd behaviors all around him in order to determine some pattern or meaning in these bizarre recent events. Then one day, he comes upon a beautiful young woman at a bus stop who is taking off all her clothes.<br /> <br /> Meade Barstow has no idea what compelled her to disrobe in public, and she is grateful when Potiphar comes along to save her from herself. Needing some time and a place to recuperate, she<br /> accompanies him home. Soon, a relationship develops that is warm, mutually supportive, and sane—in dramatic contrast to the growing madness of the world outside.<br /> <br /> But "Potty's" house won't be a refuge forever. Because once Breen clearly identifies the cycle that humanity is undergoing, he and his newfound friend will have to run for their lives.<br /> <br /> Originally published in the early 1950s, Heinlein's <i>The Year of the Jackpot</i> is a story of love, trust, and volatile human nature that still retains its wonder and unique philosophical edge.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Di Filippo, Paul. https://samples.overdrive.com/year-of-the-d60c34?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/year-of-the-d60c34?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)