Project Gutenberg 2010-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 147 Lewis, Mike Collectivum Produced from Space Science Fiction July 1953. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Collectivum" by Mike Lewis is a science fiction novella that was published in the early 1950s. The story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a parasitic alien race known as the Oren, whose collective consciousness threatens the remnants of humanity. The plot follows the journey of the protagonist, Morgan, as he navigates this dangerous landscape, encountering both human and Orenian foes while contemplating issues of individuality and survival. In the narrative, Morgan, a hardened wanderer, meets Shera, a woman with a troubled past, as they escape the threat of the Oren and their stings that transform humans into a unified hive mind. They both possess strong survival instincts but are driven by different motivations: Morgan aims to resist and harass the Oren, while Shera grapples with her own identity after surviving an Oren encounter. As they team up to fight off Orenians and other threats, they encounter an old man named Hanson, who provides insight and companionship in their struggles against the Oren menace. The tension escalates as Morgan faces the existential dilemma of whether Shera herself has been affected by the Oren, culminating in a confrontation that tests their humanity in a world increasingly devoid of it. The book closes on a haunting note, as the lines between humanity and the Oren blur amid the chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 63393 2025-10-13T03:32:05.900986 text/html 60520 2010-02-07T08:49:34 text/html 157684 2025-10-13T03:32:09.642944 application/epub+zip 156494 2025-10-13T03:32:07.428958 application/epub+zip 87317 2025-10-13T03:32:06.423951 application/epub+zip 231715 2025-10-13T03:32:11.290935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224864 2025-10-13T03:32:09.068957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120646 2022-09-14T10:47:18.788194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56414 2025-10-13T03:32:05.611971 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56335 2010-02-07T08:49:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18134 2025-10-13T03:32:11.412927 application/rdf+xml 10713 2025-10-13T03:32:06.918955 image/jpeg 2959 2025-10-13T03:32:06.669961 image/jpeg 91072 2010-02-07T08:49:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 22250 2010-02-07T08:49:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 155043 2025-10-13T03:32:05.910961 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