Project Gutenberg 2009-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 98 Keller, Teddy Schoenherr, John 1935 2010 Schoenherr, Jack Schoenherr, John (John Carl) The Plague Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction February 1961. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Plague" by Teddy Keller is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story explores the emergence of a mysterious epidemic affecting only the citizens within the borders of the United States, creating panic and urgency among military and health authorities to discover its origins and eventual solution. The narrative unfolds in the tense environment of a Pentagon office as a team races against time to understand the nature of the plague while dealing with bureaucratic obstacles. The plot centers around Sergeant Major Andrew McCloud, who finds himself unexpectedly in charge of managing a national health crisis alongside Corporal Bettijean Baker. As reports of the epidemic spread, they discover that the illness is linked to a seemingly innocuous yet critical detail: the licking of stamps. While individuals in smaller offices and various creative professions are adversely affected, those in government and large organizations remain healthy. The tension escalates as they uncover this unexpected cause and work against the clock to alert the public of their findings. Ultimately, they present a solution to mitigate the epidemic's effects, showcasing both the frailties of human panic and the ingenuity required to resolve crises. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Epidemics -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 54136 2025-07-12T10:19:26.238196 text/html 30747 2024-10-24T20:22:27 text/html 138198 2025-07-12T10:19:29.824187 application/epub+zip 136990 2025-07-12T10:19:27.763171 application/epub+zip 76686 2025-07-12T10:19:26.769184 application/epub+zip 203770 2025-07-12T10:19:31.357190 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197102 2025-07-12T10:19:29.251177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110334 2022-09-14T04:18:39.785499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47459 2023-09-13T08:51:39.088517 text/plain 27736 2024-10-24T20:22:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17594 2025-07-12T10:19:31.488163 application/rdf+xml 9732 2025-07-12T10:19:27.254201 image/jpeg 2705 2025-07-12T10:19:27.011190 image/jpeg 131427 2025-07-12T10:19:26.248193 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