02279cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000250011324500180013826400510015630000470020733600260025433700260028033800360030649000760034250000310041850800960044952012060054553400450175165300200179665300180181683000760183485600430191066139UtSlPG20260610134527.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMorehart, Malcolm B.14aThe Fugitives 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy September 1953  aRelease date is 2021-08-25  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Fugitives" by Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. is a science fiction novel likely written in the early to mid-20th century, specifically around the 1950s. The book explores themes of alienation and societal fear, centering on the experience of an ordinary man, Jeff Engel, who finds himself entangled in a surreal and dangerous world where aliens are despised and hunted.  In the story, Jeff Engel, a member of the Missing Persons Bureau, follows a mysterious stranger and unexpectedly plunges into a futuristic society that views him as an alien. After being apprehended by the local authorities, who are on high alert for extraterrestrial threats, Engel learns that he is not only a suspect but also potentially a target in this paranoid environment. As he tries to navigate this bizarre reality and locate the stranger he was pursuing, he uncovers a chilling scheme aimed at identifying and eliminating supposed aliens. In a harrowing climax, Engel must decide whether to save the terrified stranger, known as C. G., from a brutal alien-hunting regime, revealing not only the nature of fear within society but also the hidden truths about his own identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories 0aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy September 195340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66139