Master Race by Richard Ashby
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About this eBook
| Author | Ashby, Richard |
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| Illustrator | Bok, Hannes, 1914-1964 |
| Title | Master Race |
| Note | Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| Summary | "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.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Boys -- Fiction |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 65246 |
| Release Date | May 3, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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