Project Gutenberg 2008-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 170 Cole, Everett B. 1910 2001 Cole, Everett Bush Cole, E. B. (Everett Bush) Cole, Everett B., Sr. Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Alarm Clock Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1960. E-text prepared by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Alarm Clock" by Everett B. Cole is a science fiction novella published in the early 1960s. The story follows Stan Graham, who has recently been expelled from the Stellar Guard Academy and finds himself imprisoned on Kellonia, a planet that has degenerated from freedom into a brutal prison culture. The narrative explores themes of societal structure, personal identity, and the fight against systemic oppression. In the story, Stan Graham struggles with his academic and social failures, reflecting on his past experiences and the culture of Kellonia while in prison. As he interacts with other inmates, he learns about the grim reality of life outside prison walls and faces off against Val Vernay, a violent strongman. The plot builds towards a confrontation that leads to Stan inadvertently unlocking his latent abilities, which capture the attention of the Special Corps, a covert organization tasked with maintaining order across the galaxy. Ultimately, Stan's experiences set him on a path towards becoming an agent, determined to fight against the oppressive systems of his new home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Prisoners -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 99480 2025-07-10T06:15:45.395848 text/html 98479 2008-01-06T15:43:06 text/html 360156 2025-07-10T06:15:49.691852 application/epub+zip 360669 2025-07-10T06:15:47.136857 application/epub+zip 102624 2025-07-10T06:15:46.012842 application/epub+zip 448478 2025-07-10T06:15:51.513842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441031 2025-07-10T06:15:49.076810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148203 2022-09-11T08:39:13.692628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 90501 2025-07-10T06:15:44.906861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90218 2021-01-03T05:46:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20337 2025-07-10T06:15:51.647815 application/rdf+xml 11839 2025-07-10T06:15:46.584840 image/jpeg 3167 2025-07-10T06:15:46.343894 image/jpeg 299036 2021-01-03T05:46:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 34698 2021-01-03T05:46:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 367537 2025-07-10T06:15:45.416842 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