Project Gutenberg 2019-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 117 Walton, Bryce 1918 1988 O'Hara, Kenneth Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Dark Windows Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Dark Windows" by Bryce Walton is a science fiction novel set during the mid-20th century, exploring themes of conformity, surveillance, and the suppression of individual thought. The story unfolds in a dystopian society where intelligence is viewed as a threat and citizens are stripped of their critical thinking abilities in favor of mandated ignorance for the sake of societal stability and control. The narrative follows Fredricks, a low-level employee at the Department of Internal Security. His monotonous life is disrupted when he witnesses the mysterious death of a neighbor, which leads to a cascade of events that uproot his carefully constructed reality. As Fredricks becomes embroiled in the workings of the Special Police Agency under the intimidating agent Mesner, he is forced to confront the dark realities of the regime he serves. Grappling with his unease and buried intelligence, Fredricks undergoes disturbing field missions that include brutal interrogations. Eventually, he learns that he is part of a deeper conspiracy tied to a past filled with repressed memories and a hidden high IQ, intended to sabotage the very system he was raised to uphold. The chilling conclusion reveals the depths of manipulation and suppression within the state, leaving Fredricks in a struggle for his identity and integrity amidst an oppressive regime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Psychological fiction United States -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 84078 2025-07-24T06:11:46.849837 text/html 60671 2024-10-17T13:59:24 text/html 293888 2025-07-24T06:11:48.978840 application/epub+zip 292725 2025-07-24T06:11:47.307862 application/epub+zip 90471 2025-07-24T06:11:47.030816 application/epub+zip 336966 2025-07-24T06:11:50.440845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328967 2025-07-24T06:11:48.759839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127028 2022-09-27T09:12:59.349872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76640 2025-07-24T06:11:46.704861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56897 2024-10-17T13:59:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17548 2025-07-24T06:11:50.588803 application/rdf+xml 28326 2025-07-24T06:11:47.141821 image/jpeg 4773 2025-07-24T06:11:47.088819 image/jpeg 452070 2025-07-24T06:11:46.865823 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