Project Gutenberg 2009-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 157 Janifer, Laurence M. 1933 2002 Janifer, Laurence Mark Harris, Larry M. Logan, William Janifer, Larry Harris, Laurence Mark Douglas The Man Who Played to Lose Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1961. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Who Played to Lose" by Laurence M. Janifer is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around themes of guerrilla warfare, political instability, and the complexities of leadership in a democratic setup on an alien planet called Wohlen. It explores the intricacies of human behavior and the consequences of decisions made in the throes of conflict. The protagonist, Ephraim Carboy, is sent to Wohlen after a civil war has erupted, leading to a power struggle between the established government and guerrillas led by the ambitious William F. Sergeant. Carboy, along with General Rawlinson Hollerith of the guerrilla forces, navigates a treacherous landscape filled with intrigue and deception. As the narrative unfolds, Carboy devises a plan to provide the guerrillas with reinforcements and weapons, leading to a significant but costly military victory. However, as tensions rise and the implications of democracy in warfare become evident, Hollerith realizes that they have been set on a path to destruction by the very success they sought. The novel concludes with an insightful reflection on the limitations of democracy as a tool for leadership in times of crisis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 66646 2025-06-12T12:29:14.365795 text/html 63261 2009-10-15T09:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 203686 2025-06-12T12:29:19.974792 application/epub+zip 202449 2025-06-12T12:29:17.434729 application/epub+zip 81124 2025-06-12T12:29:16.237753 application/epub+zip 285601 2025-06-12T12:29:21.861722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278537 2025-06-12T12:29:19.270751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138169 2022-09-14T05:19:22.225426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59694 2023-09-13T09:35:38.450682 text/plain 16651 2025-06-12T12:29:22.012715 application/rdf+xml 11108 2025-06-12T12:29:16.812754 image/jpeg 3072 2025-06-12T12:29:16.528793 image/jpeg 198947 2025-06-12T12:29:14.383760 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