Project Gutenberg 2019-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 118 Lee, Henry Barth, Ernest Kurt 1929 2001 Barth Barth, Erni Barth, Ernie Forced Move Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, June 1955 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Forced Move" by Henry Lee is a science fiction novella that was published in the mid-20th century, specifically in the 1950s. The story takes place during a time of interstellar conflict wherein humanity is engaged in a war against alien invaders. The narrative likely explores themes of sacrifice, strategy in warfare, and the interplay between human decision-making and computer algorithms which dictate military tactics. The plot follows Ruy, a theoretical mathematics officer, who makes a bold and dangerous move to take manual control of the decision-making process within his fleet's computer during an ongoing space battle. Believing that the reliance on computers has led to a stalemate, Ruy gambles his life by sacrificing his own ship to disrupt the enemy's strategy. As he orchestrates a series of 'forced moves,' he aims to exploit the computer's inability to account for human sacrifice in warfare, ultimately leading to victory. His actions initially result in the loss of many ships, but they also shift the balance of the battle as the enemy falls for the trap he sets, illustrating the critical role of human intuition and desperation in war against a backdrop of cold, calculated computation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories War stories Pentagon (Va.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 39775 2025-06-23T14:15:29.777176 text/html 36046 2019-04-18T18:29:40 text/html 203160 2025-06-23T14:15:31.608211 application/epub+zip 202004 2025-06-23T14:15:30.194213 application/epub+zip 71924 2025-06-23T14:15:29.956180 application/epub+zip 236153 2025-06-23T14:15:32.855252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229221 2025-06-23T14:15:31.390178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99393 2022-09-26T22:26:31.163921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33572 2025-06-23T14:15:29.668180 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33783 2019-04-18T18:29:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19751 2025-06-23T14:15:33.002202 application/rdf+xml 26564 2025-06-23T14:15:30.048225 image/jpeg 4733 2025-06-23T14:15:30.003183 image/jpeg 377394 2019-04-18T18:29:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 12988 2019-04-18T18:29:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 379596 2025-06-23T14:15:29.790246 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