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Title: Brainchild

Series Title: Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, April 1957

Credits: Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Summary: "Brainchild" by Henry Slesar is a science fiction novella likely written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of identity and transformation, focusing on the experience of a thirty-year-old man named Ron Carver who mysteriously finds himself inhabiting the body of a twelve-year-old boy. This body-switching scenario serves as the central premise, raising questions about personal identity and the consequences of extraordinary intelligence and power. In the narrative, Ron Carver awakens to find that his adult consciousness has been transferred into the body of a child, specifically a boy at Roverwood Home for Boys. As he navigates the challenges of his new life, including interactions with other boys and trying to comprehend his situation, Ron discovers that the transformation is linked to a boy genius known as the Scholar. The story follows Ron's desperate attempts to return to his original body and confront the Scholar, leading to a tense revelation about the nature of their exchange and the broader implications of genius and mortality. Ultimately, what unfolds is a poignant exploration of purpose, survival, and the complex dynamics of intelligence and humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Author: Slesar, Henry, 1927-2002

Illustrator: Orban, Paul, 1896-1974

EBook No.: 59814

Published: Jun 26, 2019

Downloads: 125

Language: English

Subject: Science fiction

Subject: Boys -- Fiction

Subject: Identity -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:59814:2 2019-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Orban, Paul Slesar, Henry en 1
2025-08-06T20:25:17Z Brainchild

This edition has images.

Title: Brainchild

Series Title: Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, April 1957

Credits: Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Summary: "Brainchild" by Henry Slesar is a science fiction novella likely written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of identity and transformation, focusing on the experience of a thirty-year-old man named Ron Carver who mysteriously finds himself inhabiting the body of a twelve-year-old boy. This body-switching scenario serves as the central premise, raising questions about personal identity and the consequences of extraordinary intelligence and power. In the narrative, Ron Carver awakens to find that his adult consciousness has been transferred into the body of a child, specifically a boy at Roverwood Home for Boys. As he navigates the challenges of his new life, including interactions with other boys and trying to comprehend his situation, Ron discovers that the transformation is linked to a boy genius known as the Scholar. The story follows Ron's desperate attempts to return to his original body and confront the Scholar, leading to a tense revelation about the nature of their exchange and the broader implications of genius and mortality. Ultimately, what unfolds is a poignant exploration of purpose, survival, and the complex dynamics of intelligence and humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Author: Slesar, Henry, 1927-2002

Illustrator: Orban, Paul, 1896-1974

EBook No.: 59814

Published: Jun 26, 2019

Downloads: 125

Language: English

Subject: Science fiction

Subject: Boys -- Fiction

Subject: Identity -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:59814:3 2019-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Orban, Paul Slesar, Henry en 1