Project Gutenberg 2008-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 268 Aycock, Roger D. 1914 2004 Dee, Roger Starr, John Control Group Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Control Group" by Roger D. Aycock is a science fiction novella written during the late 1950s. The story follows a crew from the Terran Reclamations as they investigate an enigmatic planet, Alphard Six, previously occupied by the alien Hymenops. The plot hinges on the crew's attempts to understand the nature of inhabitants who appear to have descended from an ancient Terran expedition but are lost in time, surrounded by the implications of alien control and misunderstanding. The narrative primarily follows Navigator Farrell and his colleagues Stryker and Gibson as they explore this seemingly abandoned world. Initially, they encounter hostility, leading to an unexpected crash. Captured and later freed, they learn that the current inhabitants are descendants of a human crew conditioned by the Hymenops to believe they are from an original Terran colony. Throughout their investigation, the crew grapples with uncertainties about alien motivations and the consequences of human adaptation over generations. Ultimately, the story culminates in a revelation of identity and purpose, expressing themes of survival, adaptation, and the complexities of colonization and coexistence across time and cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Short stories Science fiction, American PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 57619 2025-06-10T10:30:45.469342 text/html 53805 2008-03-29T15:11:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 44965 2008-03-29T15:11:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 109389 2025-06-10T10:30:50.467312 application/epub+zip 108164 2025-06-10T10:30:47.451348 application/epub+zip 85472 2025-06-10T10:30:46.135343 application/epub+zip 225782 2025-06-10T10:30:52.416313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218358 2025-06-10T10:30:49.670343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110503 2022-09-11T12:50:48.930710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50919 2025-06-10T10:30:45.111382 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50811 2008-03-29T15:11:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19957 2008-03-29T15:11:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19245 2025-06-10T10:30:52.570297 application/rdf+xml 10650 2025-06-10T10:30:46.749345 image/jpeg 3040 2025-06-10T10:30:46.438336 image/jpeg 107179 2025-06-10T10:30:45.497362 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