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 Project Gutenberg 2020-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 130 Aycock, Roger D. 1914 2004 Dee, Roger Starr, John The Watchers Produced from Planet Stories September 1951 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Watchers" by Roger D. Aycock is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book delves into themes of alien influence and mankind's struggle for self-determination, painting a picture of an Earth on the brink of destruction due to manipulative forces from outside. It explores the psychological and moral conflicts faced by individuals in a world where true motives are obscured. The story follows Peter Manson, a pacifist and idealist, who embarks on a desperate quest to confront alien beings known as the Watchers, whom he believes are responsible for instigating wars among humans. After ten years of searching, he finally locates Leonard Havlik, a Watcher, and attempts to extract information about their plans. Set against a backdrop of impending conflict, Manson grapples with the realization that the Watchers, rather than being cruel oppressors, may have had a misguided purpose in their attempts to intervene in human affairs. Ultimately, when Havlik reveals that their mission has ended and they must leave Earth, Manson is left with the harrowing understanding of mankind’s own failures as a species. The narrative culminates in his bitter acknowledgment of humanity's propensity for self-destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 35731 2025-07-25T09:58:19.191756 text/html 11857 2024-10-18T08:52:29 text/html 513605 2025-07-25T09:58:20.933758 application/epub+zip 512447 2025-07-25T09:58:19.588766 application/epub+zip 81185 2025-07-25T09:58:19.360733 application/epub+zip 544484 2025-07-25T09:58:22.126762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537421 2025-07-25T09:58:20.736797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106329 2022-09-28T20:10:46.679598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29640 2025-07-25T09:58:19.100742 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9867 2024-10-18T08:52:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17286 2025-07-25T09:58:22.250713 application/rdf+xml 34741 2025-07-25T09:58:19.458731 image/jpeg 5969 2025-07-25T09:58:19.408748 image/jpeg 460871 2025-07-25T09:58:19.203744 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia