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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aNourse, Alan Edward,
_d1928-1992
245 1 0 _aPeacemaker
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Science Fiction Adventures Magazine, February 1953
500 _aRelease date is 2022-08-14
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Peacemaker" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a character named Flicker, who is human and has embarked on a mission to communicate with an alien species that poses a threat to his people. The book explores themes of misunderstanding, the desire for peaceful communication, and the instinct for survival when faced with hostile forces. In "Peacemaker," Flicker is captured aboard an alien spaceship, where he learns that the aliens view him as a threat and consider killing him to ensure their safety. Despite their initial aggression, Flicker seeks a way to establish contact and convey critical messages to the aliens, warning them against encroaching on his people. Throughout the narrative, he navigates the challenges of captivity, using his cunning to exploit the aliens' weaknesses and ultimately engendering a deadly game of survival in the darkened confines of the ship. As tensions escalate, Flicker is forced to resort to violence, blurring the line between his original intentions as a peacemaker and the brutal reality of self-preservation, leading him to contemplate the balance between coexistence and defense against aggression. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Future Publications, Inc., 1953
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aExtraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
700 1 _aEbel, Alex,
_d1932-2013
830 0 _aProduced from Science Fiction Adventures Magazine, February 1953
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68748
999 _c109552
_d109552