Project Gutenberg 2009-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 78 Fyfe, H. B. (Horace Bowne) 1918 1997 Fyfe, Horace Bowne Fyfe, H.B. Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Irresistible Weapon Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction July 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Irresistible Weapon" by H. B. Fyfe is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The plot revolves around the development of a highly destructive weapon during a tense race for technological supremacy between the Solar System and the Centaurian colonies. The narrative explores themes of betrayal, ambition, and the moral implications of advanced weaponry in a futuristic context. The story follows Arnold Gibson, a scientist who successfully assists in creating this "irresistible weapon." However, after proving his loyalty to the Centaurians, he discovers that his past betrayal has not gone unnoticed. As he is taken captive by Colonel Korman of the Centaurian regime, Gibson learns that the true threat lies not in the weapon itself but in the knowledge and processes that facilitate advancements in weaponry. The novella culminates in a tense encounter where Gibson realizes that both sides in this technological cold war hold powerful weapons, but the essence of true danger lies in the transfer of knowledge—the process that can lead to an unending cycle of conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 41981 2025-07-12T10:03:15.882944 text/html 37830 2021-01-05T13:42:33 text/html 304499 2025-07-12T10:03:20.722983 application/epub+zip 302839 2025-07-12T10:03:18.546975 application/epub+zip 73763 2025-07-12T10:03:17.453951 application/epub+zip 455786 2025-07-12T10:03:22.274970 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447791 2025-07-12T10:03:20.005923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156673 2022-09-14T03:56:55.631891 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35272 2025-07-12T10:03:15.637973 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35080 2021-01-05T13:42:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20386 2025-07-12T10:03:22.407928 application/rdf+xml 14333 2025-07-12T10:03:17.922953 image/jpeg 3637 2025-07-12T10:03:17.686943 image/jpeg 232114 2021-01-05T13:42:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 13765 2021-01-05T13:42:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 301903 2025-07-12T10:03:15.895971 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 de.wikipedia en.wikipedia