Project Gutenberg 2020-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 104 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Nodel, Norman 1922 2000 Yeshaya, Nochem Manners and Customs of the Thrid Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1963 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Manners and Customs of the Thrid" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The narrative explores the complexities of a unique alien society populated by the Thrid, a race that prides itself on its intelligence and claims to never make mistakes. Set on the planet Thriddar, the story delves into themes of governance, the implications of absolute authority, and the moral dilemmas faced by individuals who find themselves trapped in a rigid social hierarchy where deviation from authority can lead to dire consequences. The plot centers around Jorgenson, a human trader on Thriddar who becomes embroiled in the bizarre customs of the Thrid after he publicly contradicts their supreme ruler known as the Grand Panjandrum. Facing the threat of being vanished from all rational creation due to this offense, he takes refuge on a remote island with Ganti, a fellow Thrid who has suffered at the hands of the local authorities. Together, they devise a daring escape plan leveraging Ganti's understanding of their society's flaws. Ultimately, their successful bid for freedom exposes the absurdities of the Thrid's belief in their unfailing governance and leads Ganti to seize power within his community, illustrating the chaotic interplay between authority and rebellion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Prisoners -- Fiction Manners and customs -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Escapes -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 68280 2025-07-24T10:34:04.883376 text/html 44406 2024-10-17T16:33:04 text/html 333336 2025-07-24T10:34:07.048426 application/epub+zip 332143 2025-07-24T10:34:05.295347 application/epub+zip 88099 2025-07-24T10:34:05.062403 application/epub+zip 373104 2025-07-24T10:34:08.551367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365811 2025-07-24T10:34:06.834426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122049 2022-09-27T18:24:23.116855 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61146 2025-07-24T10:34:04.717360 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41347 2024-10-17T16:33:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18514 2025-07-24T10:34:08.701358 application/rdf+xml 32212 2025-07-24T10:34:05.154348 image/jpeg 5188 2025-07-24T10:34:05.105376 image/jpeg 499456 2025-07-24T10:34:04.899422 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