Project Gutenberg 2016-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 128 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Rosenbaum, Harry If You Was a Moklin Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction September 1951 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "If You Was a Moklin" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative takes place on the fictional planet Moklin, where humans have been interacting with an intelligent alien species known as the Moklins for over forty years. The central theme involves the complexities of identity, adaptation, and competition between humans and Moklins in the realm of trade and societal norms. The story follows Joe Brinkley, an employee at a human trading post on Moklin, and his colleague Brooks, as they deal with the unexpected challenges posed by a competitive trading post that appears to mimic their goods. The tension escalates when Inspector Caldwell arrives to investigate these business activities, leading the characters to discover that Moklins, initially perceived as friendly and inferior beings, have started producing offspring that closely resemble humans. This revelation stirs fears about Moklins potentially assimilating into human society, threatening their place in the universe. In the end, the humans on Moklin decide to abandon the planet, leading Brinkley to contemplate returning to Moklin to seek out a Moklin companion, reflecting the deep connections formed between the two species. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Trading posts -- Fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 74416 2025-06-20T16:33:30.877498 text/html 50794 2024-10-23T00:20:28 text/html 315344 2025-06-20T16:33:33.041533 application/epub+zip 314172 2025-06-20T16:33:31.320477 application/epub+zip 91690 2025-06-20T16:33:31.078503 application/epub+zip 356202 2025-06-20T16:33:34.513541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348192 2025-06-20T16:33:32.804509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126299 2022-09-23T14:52:45.803550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66593 2023-09-22T10:44:21.617704 text/plain 46853 2024-10-23T00:20:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17423 2025-06-20T16:33:34.658480 application/rdf+xml 25456 2025-06-20T16:33:31.157558 image/jpeg 4422 2025-06-20T16:33:31.117471 image/jpeg 286303 2025-06-20T16:33:30.899488 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