Project Gutenberg 2009-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 90 Sheckley, Robert 1928 2005 Barbee, Phillips Lang, Ned O'Donnevan, Finn Barbee, Phillip Warrior Race Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Warrior Race" by Robert Sheckley is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of cultural misunderstanding and the absurdity of war through the lens of two human characters, Fannia and Donnaught, who find themselves stranded on an alien planet inhabited by a unique civilization known for their warrior ethos. The story delves into the consequences of differing social structures and the extremes to which societies might go in the name of honor and combat. In "Warrior Race," Fannia and Donnaught's space journey leads them to the planet Cascella, where they discover that the native inhabitants consider suicide as a form of warfare. Seeking fuel to continue their journey, the duo inadvertently provokes the socially ingrained battle instinct of the Cascellans, who pride themselves on their warrior spirit. Through a series of darkly comedic encounters, including a misguided attempt at negotiation, the alien beliefs about honor and glory come to a head, culminating in a brutal display of self-sacrifice that challenges the very nature of conflict. Ultimately, Fannia and Donnaught devise a plan to escape by manipulating the chief's warrior pride, demonstrating how cultural perceptions can drastically affect interactions between diverse species. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 51507 2025-07-12T08:13:19.136692 text/html 47606 2021-01-05T09:42:13 text/html 211955 2025-07-12T08:13:23.918697 application/epub+zip 210293 2025-07-12T08:13:21.696716 application/epub+zip 72864 2025-07-12T08:13:20.617713 application/epub+zip 331517 2025-07-12T08:13:25.534691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323117 2025-07-12T08:13:23.229674 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132807 2022-09-13T15:55:17.057671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44210 2025-07-12T08:13:18.876713 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44111 2021-01-05T09:42:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19676 2025-07-12T08:13:25.659685 application/rdf+xml 12270 2025-07-12T08:13:21.099697 image/jpeg 3176 2025-07-12T08:13:20.855701 image/jpeg 140880 2021-01-05T09:42:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 16975 2021-01-05T09:42:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 210967 2025-07-12T08:13:19.149690 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