Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 270 Harrison, Harry 1925 2012 Dempsey, Henry Maxwell Harrison, Henry Maxwell The K-Factor Produced from Analog December 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The K-Factor" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book centers around the concept of "Societics," a science aimed at understanding and controlling human society, particularly regarding the factors that lead to war. As the plot unfolds, the protagonists, Neel Sidorak and Adao Costa, grapple with the implications of their research as they face the reality of a society on the brink of conflict. In the novel, Neel Sidorak is tasked with investigating the increasingly unstable conditions on the planet Himmel, where a positive "k-factor" indicates an impending war. Alongside his assistant, Adao Costa, Neel learns that the societal dynamics are more complex than initially understood, as they uncover a treacherous plot involving their own colleagues. As tensions rise, Neel is forced to confront moral dilemmas about using violence to bring about peace. Ultimately, he grapples with how to use the knowledge of Societics to prevent war without resorting to assassination, leading to a dramatic climax where actions have unforeseen consequences. The story explores themes of power, responsibility, and the ethical ramifications of intervention in human societies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 84657 2025-06-09T12:13:09.214754 text/html 81494 2021-01-02T22:48:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 135029 2021-01-02T22:48:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194855 2025-06-09T12:13:14.047728 application/epub+zip 194206 2025-06-09T12:13:11.180811 application/epub+zip 93607 2025-06-09T12:13:09.881736 application/epub+zip 354517 2025-06-09T12:13:16.154731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346316 2025-06-09T12:13:13.162743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133602 2022-09-10T13:42:50.032356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76514 2025-06-09T12:13:08.739728 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76497 2021-01-02T22:48:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30185 2021-01-02T22:48:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18977 2025-06-09T12:13:16.332691 application/rdf+xml 10222 2025-06-09T12:13:10.437717 image/jpeg 2854 2025-06-09T12:13:10.159748 image/jpeg 194229 2025-06-09T12:13:09.235839 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia