Project Gutenberg 2008-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 140 Cox, Irving E. 1917 2001 Cox, Irving England, Jr. Impact Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Andrew Wainwright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Impact" by Irving E. Cox, Jr. is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The book explores the themes of civilization versus primitive society, delving into the moral dilemmas faced by trade agents when encountering untainted cultures. As a narrative centered on interstellar exploration, it raises questions about expansion, cultural preservation, and the consequences of technological intrusion into untouched worlds. The story follows Martin Lord, a trade agent aboard the spaceship "Ceres", which lands on a pristine planet inhabited by a seemingly primitive but profoundly insightful people. As Lord navigates a growing attraction to Niaga, a native woman, he faces the challenge of balancing his responsibilities to the Galactic Federation with a desire to protect her way of life. Amidst crew desertions and conflicts over cultural imposition spearheaded by the regimented teacher Ann Howard, Lord grapples with the ethical implications of his mission. In a stunning twist, Lord discovers that the natives possess a powerful telepathic ability and ultimately orchestrate a plan to erase his memories to prevent the corrupting influence of civilization on their culture. The novel culminates in an exploration of identity, duty, and the costly impact of progress on innocent societies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 77929 2025-08-10T12:15:31.952048 text/html 76679 2008-05-23T08:07:58 text/html 320863 2025-08-10T12:15:36.361004 application/epub+zip 319599 2025-08-10T12:15:33.828090 application/epub+zip 90862 2025-08-10T12:15:32.708027 application/epub+zip 387332 2025-08-10T12:15:38.213004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391478 2025-08-10T12:15:35.647009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143609 2022-09-12T04:53:27.121634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66049 2025-08-10T12:15:31.640028 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65948 2008-05-23T08:07:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18381 2025-08-10T12:15:38.338004 application/rdf+xml 9510 2025-08-10T12:15:33.203091 image/jpeg 2621 2025-08-10T12:15:32.954035 image/jpeg 229097 2008-05-23T08:07:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 25933 2008-05-23T08:07:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 291030 2025-08-10T12:15:31.968090 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