Project Gutenberg 2009-08-12 Public domain in the USA. 97 Robinson, Frank M. 1926 2014 Robinson, Frank Malcolm Smith, H. R. Decision Produced from Space Science Fiction September 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Decision" by Frank M. Robinson is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The book explores the themes of duty, hatred, and moral decision-making in a military context as the crew of a U.S. naval vessel encounters an unknown and potentially hostile alien spaceship hovering over a rival battleship. The tension between personal beliefs and official responsibilities unfolds against a backdrop of interstellar conflict and military rivalry. In the story, the Captain of the U.S.S. Oahu grapples with a critical decision when an alien vessel appears above the Josef Dzugashvili, a significant aircraft carrier from the Asiatic Combine. As the situation escalates and the Josef is attacked, the Captain must weigh his long-standing hatred for the Combine against the instinct to assist fellow humans facing destruction. With a chance to engage with the alien aggressors, the narrative explores the complexities of warfare, loyalty, and the evolving morality of humanity in the face of external threats. The Captain ultimately decides to render aid to the endangered ship, signifying a shift in perspective that challenges his ingrained animosities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 54706 2025-07-12T08:44:08.914484 text/html 50745 2009-08-12T15:03:38 text/html 196741 2025-07-12T08:44:12.794506 application/epub+zip 195098 2025-07-12T08:44:10.545459 application/epub+zip 83240 2025-07-12T08:44:09.446496 application/epub+zip 305591 2025-07-12T08:44:14.400514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297350 2025-07-12T08:44:12.085503 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110143 2022-09-13T16:35:48.109746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47654 2025-07-12T08:44:08.552498 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47564 2009-08-12T15:03:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19608 2025-07-12T08:44:14.575473 application/rdf+xml 9102 2025-07-12T08:44:09.932501 image/jpeg 2359 2025-07-12T08:44:09.686473 image/jpeg 132251 2009-08-12T15:03:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 18332 2009-08-12T15:03:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 194647 2025-07-12T08:44:08.927498 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