Project Gutenberg 2010-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 239 Blish, James 1921 1975 Atheling, William Blish, James Benjamin Orban, Paul 1896 1974 The Thing in the Attic Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction July 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Thing in the Attic" by James Blish is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. Set in a fantastical world, the story explores themes of belief, authority, and the human quest for knowledge and understanding. It focuses on the struggles of a group of characters as they navigate the consequences of their actions and beliefs in a society governed by fear of mythical Giants. The plot revolves around Honath the Pursemaker and his fellow captives, who are condemned to a harsh "Hell" for questioning the existence of the Giants, revered figures from their Book of Laws. As they attempt to survive in a perilous underworld filled with threats, they encounter various challenges that test their resolve and beliefs. Honath, initially skeptical of the Giants' existence, ultimately discovers that they are real when he and his friends reach the surface, confronting the implications of their revolutionary ideas about belief and authority. The narrative culminates in a profound realization about the necessity of embracing knowledge and questioning inherited dogma, challenging the characters to lead their people towards a future that integrates both belief and exploration of the world around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32447/32447-h/images/cover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/32447/32447-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 102546 2025-08-13T08:54:36.547629 text/html 99524 2021-01-06T14:41:26 text/html 217903 2025-08-13T08:54:38.781177 application/epub+zip 218293 2025-08-13T08:54:37.047625 application/epub+zip 94358 2025-08-13T08:54:36.788629 application/epub+zip 264706 2025-08-13T08:54:40.242177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256502 2025-08-13T08:54:38.514157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132996 2022-09-15T04:44:25.205616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93671 2025-08-13T08:54:36.339623 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93473 2021-01-06T14:41:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19230 2025-08-13T08:54:40.482122 application/rdf+xml 26710 2025-08-13T08:54:36.850648 image/jpeg 4601 2025-08-13T08:54:36.819678 image/jpeg 205973 2021-01-06T14:41:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 36195 2021-01-06T14:41:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 206141 2025-08-13T08:54:36.563651 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