Project Gutenberg 2020-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 96 Teichner, Albert Teichner, Albert R. World in a Mirror Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1962 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "World in a Mirror" by Albert Teichner is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around the first interstellar expedition of humanity, exploring a distant planet inhabited by a humanoid species known as the Newtaneans. The narrative delves into themes of cultural misunderstanding and the consequences of human recklessness in a foreign environment. The plot follows a science chronicler who is part of a space expedition that encounters the Newtaneans. Tension arises when a reckless crew member named Hacker disregards warnings and engages in actions that result in disaster, specifically when he consumes food that is chemically incompatible with human biology, leading to his untimely death. This tragic incident acts as a catalyst for reflecting on the complexities of interspecies relationships and the inherent dangers of cultural encounters. The story concludes with the protagonist contemplating the underlying differences between civilizations and the potential for conflict rooted in fundamental biological distinctions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Diplomacy -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 40750 2025-06-24T10:02:31.043472 text/html 16901 2024-10-17T16:02:06 text/html 81940 2025-06-24T10:02:32.860515 application/epub+zip 80772 2025-06-24T10:02:31.436465 application/epub+zip 80772 2025-06-24T10:02:31.213469 application/epub+zip 116092 2025-06-24T10:02:34.244458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108780 2025-06-24T10:02:32.656451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108913 2022-09-27T16:54:16.499155 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34568 2023-09-26T08:26:02.311241 text/plain 14762 2024-10-17T16:02:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15862 2025-06-24T10:02:34.381456 application/rdf+xml 23381 2025-06-24T10:02:31.302468 image/jpeg 3999 2025-06-24T10:02:31.257470 image/jpeg 276637 2025-06-24T10:02:31.053458 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