Turning Point
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who want a complete English-language science fiction short story for spare moments
- Science fiction fans interested in mid-twentieth-century English-language short fiction
- English learners who want to practice reading with a shorter English work
- Readers who enjoy compact stories combining premise and suspense
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting novel-length world-building and complex subplots
- Readers uninterested in early science fiction style who read only contemporary work
- Readers with weak English reading skills who need extensive annotation
Reading tips
- Read it in one sitting: first grasp the story's overall turn, then revisit the key moments.
- While reading, note how the "turning point" manifests in character choices and the development of events.
- English learners can read through first, then organize vocabulary and short sentences rather than checking every word.
- After reading, compare it with other short science fiction to observe how Coppel handles suspense and resolution.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Alfred Coppel (1921–2004) was an American author of science fiction and popular fiction whose career spanned several decades, with works known for taut plotting and clear storytelling. Seven of his books are held in this collection: The Peacemaker, The Invader, Double Standard, Turnover Point, Turning Point, The Hills of Home, and Community Property. Judging from these titles, his writing touches on space adventure, future societies, and human conflict, and he was skilled at building suspense and twists within genre frameworks. Public information is limited, and little is known about the details of his life and career, yet these works show his steady output in mid-to-late twentieth-century genre fiction. Coppel's novels are direct in language and brisk in pace, suited to readers who enjoy traditional narrative and science-fictional imagination.
