02288cam a22003613u 4500 31392 UtSlPG 20260610133721.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Wilson, Richard, 1920-1987 The Inhabited Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953. Release date is 2010-02-25 Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Inhabited" by Richard Wilson is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around an extraterrestrial traveler sent to Earth by a dying race, seeking a new world suitable for habitation. The theme explores concepts of identity, control, and the consequences of a stagnant civilization. The narrative follows a nameless alien who becomes a "spy" by inhabiting various beings on Earth, starting with a cat and then progressing through the minds of humans. Through these experiences, the traveler grapples with their inability to control the minds they enter, ultimately finding themselves trapped in the psyche of a mentally ill man named Mersey. As Mersey articulates the dire state of his original civilization, the alien realizes that their race's survival might come at a cost that compromises their identity. The story culminates in a poignant struggle between the needs of the traveler’s people and the realities of life on Earth, leaving readers to ponder the implications of empathy, existence, and the quest for a new home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Ashman, William Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31392 72238 72238