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Title: Big Ancestor
Series Title: Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Big Ancestor" by F. L. Wallace is a science fiction novel published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of evolution, interstellar travel, and the origins of humanity as it follows an expedition team searching for their ancestral roots within the Milky Way. The characters include both humans of different evolutionary stages and an alien pilot known as Taphetta, offering a unique perspective on human interbreeding and the biological spectrum of the species. The storyline revolves around a group of researchers and scientists led by Sam Halden, who embarks on a journey through space to uncover the truth about human origin and their connection to an ancient, long-forgotten civilization. As the crew encounters various species, they grapple with their racial identities and the implications of their shared lineage. They eventually discover a deserted planet of a once-advanced civilization that had previously fled due to an uncontrollable plague, which ironically, had mutated from vermin they unwittingly allowed aboard their ships. This twist not only challenges the characters' perceptions of superiority and progress but leaves them facing a disconcerting truth about their own history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.), 1915-2004
Illustrator: Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990
EBook No.: 50969
Published: Jan 19, 2016
Downloads: 134
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Human beings -- Origin -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Big Ancestor
Series Title: Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Big Ancestor" by F. L. Wallace is a science fiction novel published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of evolution, interstellar travel, and the origins of humanity as it follows an expedition team searching for their ancestral roots within the Milky Way. The characters include both humans of different evolutionary stages and an alien pilot known as Taphetta, offering a unique perspective on human interbreeding and the biological spectrum of the species. The storyline revolves around a group of researchers and scientists led by Sam Halden, who embarks on a journey through space to uncover the truth about human origin and their connection to an ancient, long-forgotten civilization. As the crew encounters various species, they grapple with their racial identities and the implications of their shared lineage. They eventually discover a deserted planet of a once-advanced civilization that had previously fled due to an uncontrollable plague, which ironically, had mutated from vermin they unwittingly allowed aboard their ships. This twist not only challenges the characters' perceptions of superiority and progress but leaves them facing a disconcerting truth about their own history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.), 1915-2004
Illustrator: Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990
EBook No.: 50969
Published: Jan 19, 2016
Downloads: 134
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Human beings -- Origin -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.