Project Gutenberg 2007-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 255 Edmondson, G. C. 1922 1995 Edmondson, Garry Cotton, José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton, Jose Mario Garry Ordonez Edmondson y Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton, José Mario Garry Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Blessed are the meek Produced from Astounding, September, 1955. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Blessed are the meek" by G. C. Edmondson is a science fiction narrative written in the mid-20th century. The book explores themes of servitude and dependence through the interactions between humanoid aliens and a human crew on a distant planet. The story delves into cultural exchanges and philosophical inquiries about existence, servitude, and the cyclical nature of power dynamics within species. The plot centers on a human crew led by Griffin, who encounters a group of humanoids represented by a character named Joe. As the humans excavate and interact with the humanoids, it becomes evident that Joe's people have lived under servitude for millennia, moving from one master to another throughout their history. The story unfolds as Griffin learns about the philosophical outlook of Joe's race, who accept their state under the belief that existence itself and the perpetuation of their people is paramount. Their acceptance of servitude raises questions about autonomy and the role of technology versus personal agency. The narrative ultimately reflects on the choices faced by the humanoids and offers a critique of historical cycles of dominance and submission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 37004 2025-06-10T05:05:13.328513 text/html 33348 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 79046 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 160970 2025-06-10T05:05:17.091598 application/epub+zip 159698 2025-06-10T05:05:14.969513 application/epub+zip 76681 2025-06-10T05:05:13.896519 application/epub+zip 238272 2025-06-10T05:05:18.916475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231840 2025-06-10T05:05:16.472493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126821 2022-08-11T06:10:33.210570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30693 2025-06-10T05:05:13.037515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30607 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 11865 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 30599 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11844 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21970 2025-06-10T05:05:19.055501 application/rdf+xml 12240 2025-06-10T05:05:14.421502 image/jpeg 3120 2025-06-10T05:05:14.159495 image/jpeg 142462 2025-06-10T05:05:13.336593 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 en.wikipedia