Project Gutenberg 2016-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 129 Doede, William R. 1918 Doede, Bill Ivie, Larry 1936 2014 The God Next Door Produced from Galaxy Magazine August 1961 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The God Next Door" by William R. Doede is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story explores themes of identity, civilization, and the nature of godhood against a backdrop of an alien planet within a distant solar system. The protagonist, Stinson, embarks on a journey to discover whether this new world could support life, only to encounter complex beings and powers beyond his comprehension. In the narrative, Stinson arrives on a desert-like planet and experiences encounters with strange beings known as web-footed humanoids and a powerful entity referred to as the Sand God. The story unfolds as Stinson grapples with his accidental deification, a woman's insistence that she is his wife, and the moral dilemmas posed by his advanced technology versus the primitive instincts of the beings around him. His journey raises critical questions about the nature of existence, the meaning of life, and the responsibilities that come with power, as he navigates between protecting the web-footed people from the Gel God’s wrath and asserting his desire for peace and coexistence on this alien world. Ultimately, he must decide whether to remain there or return to Earth, all while understanding the implications of his choices for both himself and the inhabitants of this new planet. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Interstellar travel -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 60464 2025-09-20T14:50:43.834389 text/html 36802 2024-10-23T00:18:56 text/html 313780 2025-09-20T14:50:45.827408 application/epub+zip 312606 2025-09-20T14:50:44.212391 application/epub+zip 84625 2025-09-20T14:50:44.003397 application/epub+zip 350127 2025-09-20T14:50:47.062434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342943 2025-09-20T14:50:45.428367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115358 2022-09-23T14:28:47.328625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53132 2025-09-20T14:50:43.699413 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33376 2024-10-23T00:18:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17115 2025-09-20T14:50:47.191353 application/rdf+xml 24957 2025-09-20T14:50:44.073380 image/jpeg 4283 2025-09-20T14:50:44.037410 image/jpeg 283995 2025-09-20T14:50:43.851411 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