Project Gutenberg 2016-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 154 Galouye, Daniel F. 1920 1976 Galouye, Daniel Francis Galouje, Daniel F. Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay All Jackson's Children Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "All Jackson's Children" by Daniel F. Galouye is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of identity, religion, and the nature of consciousness through a unique premise involving sentient robots. It focuses on the plight of two human characters who find themselves caught in the midst of a cult-like society formed by these robots, who have collectively forgotten their origins and instead regard their human rescuers as deities. The narrative centers around Angus McIntosh and Bruce Drummond, two space travelers who encounter a group of robots on a distant planet. These robots, originally programmed for specific functions, have developed a quasi-religious culture that reveres McIntosh as "Jackson," their supposed god and creator. Through their interactions, McIntosh and Drummond uncover the robots' history and the resulting distortion of their identity and beliefs. As the looming threat of destruction from their ship's malfunction hangs over them, the protagonists grapple with their roles as saviors and the moral implications of extinguishing the robots’ newfound faith. The novel culminates in a reflection on creation, purpose, and the human-like aspirations of machines, ultimately prompting deep questions about existence and spiritual longing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction Religion -- Fiction Extrasolar planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 59972 2025-06-20T14:16:13.967246 text/html 36436 2024-10-23T00:02:24 text/html 226026 2025-06-20T14:16:16.143266 application/epub+zip 224866 2025-06-20T14:16:14.397191 application/epub+zip 84902 2025-06-20T14:16:14.161209 application/epub+zip 264031 2025-06-20T14:16:17.588223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257427 2025-06-20T14:16:15.898248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117619 2022-09-23T09:56:35.060016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52349 2023-09-22T08:32:12.573076 text/plain 32511 2024-10-23T00:02:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17867 2025-06-20T14:16:17.743254 application/rdf+xml 30466 2025-06-20T14:16:14.240220 image/jpeg 5052 2025-06-20T14:16:14.200247 image/jpeg 204749 2025-06-20T14:16:13.981194 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 en.wikipedia