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 Project Gutenberg 2019-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 141 Lewis, Jack Jekyll-Hyde Planet Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1956 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Jekyll-Hyde Planet" by Jack Lewis is a science fiction novella written during the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of colonization and morality as families leave Earth to settle on a new planet, Centifor, which possesses both a paradisiacal side and a harsh, inhospitable terrain—thus embodying the duality of its title. The narrative examines the hopes and challenges faced by the colonists as they navigate their new lives and confront unexpected conflicts. In the tale, the Marshall family, consisting of Claude, Joan, and their son Billy, arrive on Centifor with dreams of a fresh start away from the chaos of Earth. Upon reaching their designated homestead, they discover another family, the Whitings, claiming the same land, leading to a confrontation over their rights. As tensions rise, the story unfolds to reveal not only the beauty of their new world but also the underlying challenges that come with it, including betrayal and corruption in the colonization process. Ultimately, the plot twists to reveal that their arrival was part of a test designed to summon out undesirable elements, leading to a resolution that emphasizes the importance of character and ethical choices in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 64330 2025-09-23T13:07:53.489758 text/html 61260 2019-05-01T08:56:42 text/html 469847 2025-09-23T13:07:55.398761 application/epub+zip 468698 2025-09-23T13:07:53.893780 application/epub+zip 89006 2025-09-23T13:07:53.658717 application/epub+zip 509054 2025-09-23T13:07:56.655732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501749 2025-09-23T13:07:55.177724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122476 2022-09-26T23:20:55.266349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56896 2025-09-23T13:07:53.348737 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57171 2019-05-01T08:56:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18553 2025-09-23T13:07:56.780715 application/rdf+xml 30120 2025-09-23T13:07:53.739772 image/jpeg 4866 2025-09-23T13:07:53.698743 image/jpeg 706587 2019-05-01T08:56:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 21766 2019-05-01T08:56:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 711555 2025-09-23T13:07:53.508755 application/octet-stream application/zip