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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aPeacock, Wilbur S.,
_d1911-1979
245 1 4 _aThe Victory of Klon
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Fall 1941
500 _aRelease date is 2020-04-26
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Victory of Klon" by Wilbur S. Peacock is a science fiction short story written in the early 1940s. This narrative centers around Klon, a creature native to the perpetually veiled planet of Venus, who seeks to obtain a powerful object that could secure his rise to leadership among his people. The story explores themes of ambition, the consequences of discovery, and the clash between different forms of intelligence. The plot unfolds as Klon, navigating his dark and swampy home, comes across a spaceship with three human explorers. In an act of fatal ambition, Klon seizes a radi-light from the ship with hopes of proving his might and winning a leadership title during the gathering of his nation. However, his triumph is short-lived as the radi-light emits lethal rays that annihilate Klon and all his fellow beings in an instant. The story combines a sense of wonder and horror, reflecting on the dangers that accompany unchecked ambition and the unforeseen consequences of contact between civilizations. Ultimately, it portrays a tragic end for Klon and his people, who become victims of their own desire for power. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aExtraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aVenus (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aLynch, Don
_q(Artist)
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Fall 1941
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61943
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