Project Gutenberg 2009-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 101 Wilson, Richard 1920 1987 Wilson, Dick Halibut, Edward Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Double Take Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction January 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Double Take" by Richard Wilson is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative centers on Paul Asher, an unsuspecting protagonist who becomes embroiled in a high-stakes scenario involving espionage and interstellar conflict. The story combines elements of adventure and suspense as it explores themes of mistaken identity and the hidden complexities of space travel. In the plot, Paul Asher's life takes a sharp turn when he finds himself steering a car with the enigmatic Naomi, who forces him to cross a frontier and leads him to a disguised spaceship within a barn. There, he is mistaken for a secret agent tasked with delivering sensitive information about a way-station project in space. The story unfolds with Paul navigating the treacherous dynamics between Naomi, a potential ally or enemy, and Hafitz, the commanding figure behind the operation. As Paul discovers his unexpected role, he grapples with his own innocence and the resulting dangers that come with it. Ultimately, the tale reveals not only the thrill of adventure but also the uncertainties of reality as Paul awakes from what he initially believed to be an extraordinary experience, suggesting a continuous loop back to the beginning where he may confront Naomi once again. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 49573 2025-07-12T10:19:31.752166 text/html 25705 2024-10-24T20:22:28 text/html 343385 2025-07-12T10:19:35.634168 application/epub+zip 341723 2025-07-12T10:19:33.381191 application/epub+zip 84903 2025-07-12T10:19:32.293163 application/epub+zip 454459 2025-07-12T10:19:37.265142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446521 2025-07-12T10:19:34.896179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112109 2022-09-14T04:18:46.308521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42231 2023-09-13T08:51:43.435540 text/plain 22511 2024-10-24T20:22:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17292 2025-07-12T10:19:37.391236 application/rdf+xml 10253 2025-07-12T10:19:32.785158 image/jpeg 2861 2025-07-12T10:19:32.540158 image/jpeg 340449 2025-07-12T10:19:31.770179 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