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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aKnight, Damon,
_d1922-2002
245 1 4 _aThe Avenger
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1944
500 _aRelease date is 2020-07-11
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Avenger" by Stuart Fleming is a science fiction novel that was published in the early 1940s. The story explores themes of human evolution and survival amid an alien invasion, concentrating on the concept of creating a new breed of humanity to combat superior extraterrestrial beings. The novel revolves around Peter Karson, a scientist who awakens from a coma to discover that Earth is under threat from invaders who possess horrifying abilities to fuse and harm humans. He creates a spaceship called "The Avenger" with the intent of sending himself into space to undergo mutative transformations to become a superman capable of fighting off the invaders. As he transforms and successfully breeds a new generation of intelligent beings, he faces the ethical dilemma of loyalty to his original humanity versus the kinship to the creatures he has created. The story culminates in a striking twist, revealing his creation's lack of emotional understanding and ultimate choice not to return to Earth, leading to a poignant conclusion about the nature of evolution and identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aScientists -- Fiction
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
700 1 _aIngels, Graham,
_d1915-1991
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1944
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62619
999 _c103443
_d103443