Project Gutenberg 2020-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 148 White, Ted 1938 Carr, Terry 1937 1987 Carr, Terry Gene I, Executioner Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1963 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "I, Executioner" by Ted White and Terry Carr is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around a dystopian society where execution of deviants is normalized as a method of maintaining societal order. The story delves into the psychological turmoil of the protagonist as they grapple with their role in a cruel justice system, reflecting on deep themes such as identity, sanity, and the nature of societal control. The story follows the protagonist, Bob, as he confronts the internal conflict of being an executioner in a world that silences those deemed mentally unstable. As Bob attends an execution, he encounters an old friend, Rosalie, among the condemned. Their shared memories of innocence clash starkly with the harsh realities of their present, and Bob is faced with the painful recognition of his past emotions. As the execution unfolds, Bob experiences a harrowing moment of psychological trauma, culminating in a realization of his own fragility within the oppressive structure of the society. The story ultimately questions the cost of conformity and the price of sanity when it is enforced by such violent means. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Executions and executioners -- Fiction Telepathy -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 44136 2025-07-24T10:10:26.520688 text/html 20203 2024-10-17T16:12:43 text/html 102295 2025-07-24T10:10:28.320695 application/epub+zip 101123 2025-07-24T10:10:26.890697 application/epub+zip 84951 2025-07-24T10:10:26.675681 application/epub+zip 136289 2025-07-24T10:10:29.585709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128598 2025-07-24T10:10:28.129706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112560 2022-09-27T17:37:18.205996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37582 2025-07-24T10:10:26.416687 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17775 2024-10-17T16:12:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17703 2025-07-24T10:10:29.720712 application/rdf+xml 30145 2025-07-24T10:10:26.760690 image/jpeg 4880 2025-07-24T10:10:26.716705 image/jpeg 322267 2025-07-24T10:10:26.530705 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