Project Gutenberg 2019-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 140 Bixby, Jerome 1923 1998 Bixby, Jay Lewis Bixby, Jerry Bixby, Drexel Jerome Lewis Neal, Harry Drexel, Jay B. Lewis, D. B. Lewis, D.B. Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Laboratory Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, December 1955 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Laboratory" by Jerome Bixby is a science fiction short story originally published in the mid-20th century, specifically in the December 1955 issue of "Worlds of If Science Fiction." The narrative revolves around the complicated interactions between two alien scientists—a senior named Pud and his junior assistant Gop—and a pair of human explorers, Johnny and Helen Gorman, who unintentionally land on their secretive laboratory-planet. The story delves into themes of advanced intelligence, the implications of contact between different species, and the unintended consequences of scientific experimentation. In "Laboratory," the two alien scientists are engrossed in their experiments when they suddenly encounter the unexpected arrival of the human duo. Following a series of humorous and chaotic encounters, including the activation of various experimental energy fields, the Vegans find themselves revealing their presence to the humans. Pud and Gop wrestle with the regulations of Contact and the potential repercussions of their exposure to the aliens. Ultimately, they devise a method to erase the humans' memories of the event and send them back in time to avoid any disruptive knowledge of their existence. The story explores the idea of how civilizations at different levels of technological advancement interact and the ethical considerations involved in such encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Extrasolar planets -- Fiction Laboratories -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 70705 2025-07-23T13:26:44.601938 text/html 67099 2019-05-10T08:09:26 text/html 218631 2025-07-23T13:26:46.571963 application/epub+zip 217477 2025-07-23T13:26:44.999950 application/epub+zip 93885 2025-07-23T13:26:44.769938 application/epub+zip 261489 2025-07-23T13:26:47.900931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252934 2025-07-23T13:26:46.366920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129582 2022-09-27T00:00:43.894407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63145 2025-07-23T13:26:44.448948 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 63036 2019-05-10T08:09:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21352 2025-07-23T13:26:48.034917 application/rdf+xml 30978 2025-07-23T13:26:44.860940 image/jpeg 5327 2025-07-23T13:26:44.813937 image/jpeg 416630 2019-05-10T08:09:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 24406 2019-05-10T08:09:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 418844 2025-07-23T13:26:44.615927 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