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| 100 | 1 | _aTeichner, Albert | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe right side of the tracks |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2023 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories May 1963. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2023-12-05 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Right Side of the Tracks" by Albert Teichner is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on an expedition to the planet Nodar, where a group of interstellar explorers encounters a civilization that has isolated itself from the rest of the galaxy. As the crew investigates, they grapple with the implications of this isolation and the strange behaviors exhibited by the Nodarians, who seem to possess a distinct and advanced form of consciousness. The central theme of the work revolves around communication, social structures, and the potential evolution of human consciousness. In the story, the crew of the spaceship "Probe", led by Commander Linder and Chief Semanticist Dr. Stern, lands on Nodar, which has been signaling irregularly and exhibiting odd behaviors. Upon arrival, they are greeted by a Nodarian named Jackson, whose peculiar manners hint at deeper societal issues. As tensions rise, the crew experiences a humiliating encounter when the Nodarians disrespectfully spank them, which serves as a display of the cultural divide. Through the unfolding interactions, Dr. Stern theorizes that the Nodarians have developed a unique way of consciousness that allows them to perceive and process information far beyond typical human capabilities. The narrative explores themes of misunderstanding between cultures and the evolution of consciousness, culminating in the notion that the Nodarians may represent the next step in human evolution, possessing the ability to process multiple streams of information simultaneously. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1963 |
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| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aLife on other planets -- Fiction | ||
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_aSchelling, George, _d1938- |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories May 1963. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72338 |
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