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Title: The Course of Logic
Series Title: Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1963
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Course of Logic" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story explores themes of evolution, intelligence, and survival through the lens of alien creatures known as silths. As the narrative unfolds, the silths, who have lost their original form and major capabilities, interact with human beings, leading to reflections on logic, gender roles, and the nature of intelligence. The story centers around two silths, Arnek and his female mate Ptarra, who have survived centuries after escaping a destroyed universe. They discover a crashed probe and two human survivors, leading them to consider infiltrating the humans' bodies to continue their existence. As the silths track the humans and plan their next moves, discussions of evolution and logic emerge, revealing Ptarra's cold reasoning versus Arnek's more intuitive approach. Ultimately, they succeed in taking over the humans' forms, raising questions about identity and the potential for a new beginning in an unfamiliar galaxy. The narrative deftly interweaves action, mental conflict, and philosophical discourse, examining what it means to truly understand another being. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Del Rey, Lester, 1915-1993
Illustrator: Giunta, John, 1920-1970
EBook No.: 61412
Published: Feb 15, 2020
Downloads: 85
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Course of Logic
Series Title: Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1963
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Course of Logic" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story explores themes of evolution, intelligence, and survival through the lens of alien creatures known as silths. As the narrative unfolds, the silths, who have lost their original form and major capabilities, interact with human beings, leading to reflections on logic, gender roles, and the nature of intelligence. The story centers around two silths, Arnek and his female mate Ptarra, who have survived centuries after escaping a destroyed universe. They discover a crashed probe and two human survivors, leading them to consider infiltrating the humans' bodies to continue their existence. As the silths track the humans and plan their next moves, discussions of evolution and logic emerge, revealing Ptarra's cold reasoning versus Arnek's more intuitive approach. Ultimately, they succeed in taking over the humans' forms, raising questions about identity and the potential for a new beginning in an unfamiliar galaxy. The narrative deftly interweaves action, mental conflict, and philosophical discourse, examining what it means to truly understand another being. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Del Rey, Lester, 1915-1993
Illustrator: Giunta, John, 1920-1970
EBook No.: 61412
Published: Feb 15, 2020
Downloads: 85
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.