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100 1 _aAshby, Richard
245 1 0 _aMaster Race
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
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 Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy September 1951
500 _aRelease date is 2021-05-03
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Master Race" by Richard Ashby is a science fiction story written during the early 1950s. The narrative centers around a boy named Eddie who experiences an intriguing encounter with visiting aliens. The book delves into themes of exploration, innocence, and the contrasts between human and alien perceptions of worthiness and civilization. The story begins with Eddie, who is awakened in the middle of the night by strange lights above his tree house. Driven by curiosity, he ventures out with his dog, Rags, only to be knocked unconscious by an unknown force. Meanwhile, the aliens — led by a Commander — are on a mission to scout Earth for their colonization plans, seeing humanity as primitive and expendable. The Scout, sent to gather intelligence, makes a series of amusing yet grave misunderstandings about human artifacts, believing them to be rare items from a savage world. As the aliens prepare to execute their extermination orders, they discover the true potential of humanity through the records and artifacts collected by the Scout. Ultimately, they realize that their assumptions about the Earthlings were entirely wrong, leading to a frantic escape to avoid conflict with beings far superior to them. The story balances adventure with a critique of prejudice, illustrating how appearances can lead to dangerous misjudgments. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aBoys -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
700 1 _aBok, Hannes,
_d1914-1964
830 0 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy September 1951
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65246
999 _c106069
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