Project Gutenberg 2010-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 148 Gault, William Campbell 1910 1995 Gault, William C. The Mighty Dead Produced from Fantastic Universe Aug-Sept 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Mighty Dead" by William Campbell Gault is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story imagines a dystopian future where Earth has colonized near planets, yet literature has been completely abolished due to strict censorship laws led by political pressure groups. The protagonist, Doak Parker, faces moral dilemmas as he navigates this grim societal landscape in a quest for truth and connection amidst a world without written words. The narrative follows Doak Parker, a Security Officer, who is forced to investigate potential subversive activities centered around a mysterious group fostering the illicit printing of literature. His journey leads him to the small town of Dubbinville, where he encounters residents who are secretly feeding a hunger for stories in spite of the oppressive laws that govern their lives. As Doak uncovers their underground efforts to keep literature alive, he grapples with his own beliefs about freedom, expression, and the purpose of his role within an authoritarian system. With the threat of his job and future looming, Doak faces the choice between complying with oppressive authority and joining the fight against censorship, ultimately revealing the resilience of human creativity and the enduring power of the written word. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/31577/31577-h/images/front.jpg Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Censorship -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 86868 2025-08-13T05:32:15.523718 text/html 84515 2010-03-09T09:32:24 text/html 354888 2025-08-13T05:32:20.510741 application/epub+zip 354022 2025-08-13T05:32:18.003706 application/epub+zip 94761 2025-08-13T05:32:16.806729 application/epub+zip 444893 2025-08-13T05:32:22.324691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436381 2025-08-13T05:32:19.922705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162133 2022-09-14T13:48:32.782253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77623 2025-08-13T05:32:15.208739 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77474 2010-03-09T09:32:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77465 2010-03-09T09:32:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20529 2025-08-13T05:32:22.459688 application/rdf+xml 12076 2025-08-13T05:32:17.359719 image/jpeg 3143 2025-08-13T05:32:17.052727 image/jpeg 30374 2010-03-09T09:32:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 277344 2010-03-09T09:32:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 30358 2010-03-09T09:32:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 347040 2025-08-13T05:32:15.536758 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