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_aMerril, Judith, _d1923-1997 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Lonely |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2016 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963 | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2016-09-20 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Lonely" by Judith Merril is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. This narrative unfolds in a futurist setting, exploring themes of communication and connection between disparate species, particularly focusing on the challenges faced when humans encounter an alien civilization. The work intricately delves into the complexities of intercultural relations amidst a backdrop of interstellar travel and anthropological study. The story is framed around a series of transmissions concerning an unsuccessful human expedition to Aldebaran VI, where the Terrans, aboard a spacecraft crewed solely by females, seek to make contact with the Arlemites, an alien species. As the Terran crew grapples with their own reproductive limitations and cultural differences, misunderstandings and tragic consequences unfold. The narrative illustrates the failure of communication across species, particularly due to their starkly dissimilar societies and the implications of a single-sex crew on human interactions. Ultimately, the tale reflects on the themes of loneliness, the nature of intelligence, and the unanticipated connections that emerge through shared experience and tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aEpistolary fiction | ||
| 653 | _aExtraterrestrial beings -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aInterstellar communication -- Fiction | ||
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_aFinlay, Virgil, _d1914-1971 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963 | |
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