Project Gutenberg 2009-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 113 McKimmey, James 1923 2011 McKimmey, James Earl, Jr. Pipe of Peace Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction May 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Pipe of Peace" by James McKimmey, Jr. is a science fiction short story that was likely written in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of revolution and the human condition, focusing on the struggles of farmers against an increasingly mechanized and oppressive society. The story paints a vivid picture of a farmer who refuses to work, prompting reflections on the power dynamics between labor, technology, and survival. The plot follows Henry, a farmer who decides to stop working the land as a form of protest against the mechanization of agriculture, believing that if all farmers unite to cease their labor, they can disrupt the systems that threaten their livelihoods. His wife, worried about their survival, tries to convince him to return to work, but Henry remains resolute in his stance. The story takes a dark turn when Henry is forcibly taken away by men who represent the mechanized oppression he fears, leaving behind an image of his pipe, symbolizing his lost peace and humanity. This stark conclusion questions the cost of human resistance in a world increasingly governed by machines. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 95.7 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 34378 2025-08-12T11:50:54.143864 text/html 10327 2024-10-24T20:30:17 text/html 199697 2025-08-12T11:50:58.205331 application/epub+zip 198042 2025-08-12T11:50:56.081342 application/epub+zip 73087 2025-08-12T11:50:54.692429 application/epub+zip 291470 2025-08-12T11:50:59.740391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283916 2025-08-12T11:50:57.544330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98724 2022-09-14T06:04:25.658347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27829 2025-08-12T11:50:53.798921 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 8109 2024-10-24T20:30:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27836 2021-01-05T19:40:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19223 2025-08-12T11:50:59.935357 application/rdf+xml 9998 2025-08-12T11:50:55.535409 image/jpeg 2670 2025-08-12T11:50:55.270912 image/jpeg 137265 2021-01-05T19:40:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 10579 2021-01-05T19:40:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 196871 2025-08-12T11:50:54.156923 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