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Title: The Conquistadors Come
Series Title: Produced from Planet Stories November 1951
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Conquistadors Come" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of first contact between humans and an alien race, specifically the S'zetnurs, who are portrayed as a once-beautiful civilization now plagued by deformities and disease. The story contrasts the optimistic perceptions of the human explorers with the tragic reality of the S'zetnurs, illuminating the consequences of colonization and the complexities of cultural misunderstandings. In the narrative, a group of Earthmen arrives on the alien planet S'zetnu, where they are greeted by the deformed and malnourished S'zetnurs, who suffer from a loss of their own civilization's former beauty. The Earthmen are excited by the planet's resources, particularly solaranium, and initially seek to help the S'zetnurs, oblivious to their underlying cultural norms and taboos. Tension escalates as the humans unwittingly provoke the S'zetnurs, leading to a misunderstanding that culminates in violence. The story ends on a cynical note, with the humans deciding to abandon the planet, reflecting both the tragedy of lost potential for cooperation and the failure of effective communication between different worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Counselman, Mary Elizabeth, 1911-1995
Illustrator: Kass, Hank
EBook No.: 63982
Published: Dec 7, 2020
Downloads: 86
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject: Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Conquistadors Come
Series Title: Produced from Planet Stories November 1951
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Conquistadors Come" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of first contact between humans and an alien race, specifically the S'zetnurs, who are portrayed as a once-beautiful civilization now plagued by deformities and disease. The story contrasts the optimistic perceptions of the human explorers with the tragic reality of the S'zetnurs, illuminating the consequences of colonization and the complexities of cultural misunderstandings. In the narrative, a group of Earthmen arrives on the alien planet S'zetnu, where they are greeted by the deformed and malnourished S'zetnurs, who suffer from a loss of their own civilization's former beauty. The Earthmen are excited by the planet's resources, particularly solaranium, and initially seek to help the S'zetnurs, oblivious to their underlying cultural norms and taboos. Tension escalates as the humans unwittingly provoke the S'zetnurs, leading to a misunderstanding that culminates in violence. The story ends on a cynical note, with the humans deciding to abandon the planet, reflecting both the tragedy of lost potential for cooperation and the failure of effective communication between different worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Counselman, Mary Elizabeth, 1911-1995
Illustrator: Kass, Hank
EBook No.: 63982
Published: Dec 7, 2020
Downloads: 86
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject: Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.