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 2008-01-22 Public domain in the USA. 273 Janifer, Laurence M. 1933 2002 Janifer, Laurence Mark Harris, Larry M. Logan, William Janifer, Larry Harris, Laurence Mark Hex Produced from Astounding Science Fiction May 1959. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Hex" by Laurence M. Janifer is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around the intersection of social work and mind manipulation, as the protagonist employs her unconventional abilities to help her clients. It delves into themes of control, societal expectations, and the ethics of intervention in people's lives. The narrative follows Gloria, a young and enthusiastic social worker who possesses a unique talent for influencing the thoughts and behaviors of her clients through her psychic abilities. She becomes invested in the cases of the struggling Mrs. Wladek and her son Rudi, to whom she unintentionally imposes her will, pushing them toward employment and societal integration. However, her well-meaning actions lead to unintended consequences, provoking suspicion and conflict with Mrs. Wladek, who believes Gloria has placed a hex on her. As the story unfolds, it explores the moral complexity of Gloria's interventions, ultimately raising questions about the implications of using power to "help" others and the nature of autonomy and consent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Social workers -- Fiction Psychic ability -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 87021 2025-06-10T07:39:35.606746 text/html 84419 2021-01-03T06:45:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 265242 2021-01-03T06:45:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 446942 2025-06-10T07:39:40.985762 application/epub+zip 447224 2025-06-10T07:39:37.883726 application/epub+zip 84120 2025-06-10T07:39:36.505746 application/epub+zip 274466 2025-06-10T07:39:43.022757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267507 2025-06-10T07:39:40.046761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121366 2022-09-11T09:50:05.769990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77226 2025-06-10T07:39:35.217770 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77058 2021-01-03T06:45:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28292 2021-01-03T06:45:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19578 2025-06-10T07:39:43.170711 application/rdf+xml 7991 2025-06-10T07:39:37.073744 image/jpeg 2233 2025-06-10T07:39:36.789744 image/jpeg 315824 2025-06-10T07:39:35.624737 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia