02236cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000220011324500180013526400510015330000470020433600260025133700260027733800360030349000490033950000310038850801140041952011730053353400450170665300200175165300180177183000490178985600430183899900170188131123UtSlPG20260610133717.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aVandenburg, G. L.14aThe Observers 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1959.  aRelease date is 2010-01-30  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"The Observers" by G. L. Vandenburg is a science fiction novel written during the late 1950s. The story revolves around a seemingly mundane laboratory job at the Army Weapons Development Center that quickly escalates into a high-stakes investigation involving espionage and extraterrestrial threats. The novel likely explores themes of identity, deception, and the impact of governmental secrecy on personal lives.  The narrative follows Harry Payne, the Civilian Personnel Director at Fort Dickson, who is tasked with finding a replacement for a laboratory technician named George Fisher, who has committed suicide. However, as he interviews several candidates, all of whom wear toupees, he becomes suspicious and uncovers a conspiracy involving aliens known as the "Galactic Observers." As the story unfolds, Harry learns that these men are actually from another galaxy, aiming to gather intelligence on Earth’s military advancements. The tension climaxes when Harry is captured by the Observers and must navigate a dangerous web of deceit and intrigue, ultimately revealing the thin line between loyalty and betrayal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories 0aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1959.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31123  c71969d71969