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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aMerril, Judith,
_d1923-1997
245 1 4 _aThe Lonely
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
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
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
700 1 _aLutjens
830 0 _aProduced from Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53102
999 _c93936
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