Project Gutenberg 2007-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 113 Nourse, Alan Edward 1928 1992 Edwards, Al Nourse, Alan E. (Alan Edward) Circus Produced from The Counterfeit Man More Science Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse published in 1963. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Circus" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around the theme of alien interaction and the complexities of communication across different worlds. It explores the existential challenges faced by a character navigating a parallel universe. The narrative follows Jefferson Haldeman Parks, an alien stranded on Earth after a malfunction during a warp travel attempt. He desperately seeks help from Morgan, a writer, to return to his home. Despite his pleas and detailed accounts of his origins, Parks encounters skepticism and disbelief from the people he approaches, including representatives of authority. He grapples with feelings of isolation and frustration as he tries to prove his identity and the technological principles behind warp travel. Ultimately, the story poses profound questions about perception, belief, and the nature of humanity, culminating in a poignant exploration of the barriers to understanding between vastly different worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Authors -- Fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 39711 2025-08-09T12:56:30.549556 text/html 35748 2021-01-03T02:40:28 text/html 77229 2025-08-09T12:56:33.974566 application/epub+zip 76035 2025-08-09T12:56:32.004558 application/epub+zip 76035 2025-08-09T12:56:31.042575 application/epub+zip 124295 2025-08-09T12:56:35.417551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118196 2025-08-09T12:56:33.404548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98478 2022-09-10T15:43:49.234523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33966 2025-08-09T12:56:30.322595 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33839 2021-01-03T02:40:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43840 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 60380 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 57580 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 62311 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 62041 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 64197 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 57569 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 36040 2007-06-11T18:09:38 application/octet-stream 25487 2025-08-09T12:56:35.558538 application/rdf+xml 8564 2025-08-09T12:56:31.531563 image/jpeg 2355 2025-08-09T12:56:31.283563 image/jpeg 13933 2021-01-03T02:40:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 13032 2021-01-03T02:40:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 73880 2025-08-09T12:56:30.553583 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia