Project Gutenberg 2020-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 115 Howard, Hayden 1925 2014 Howard, John Hayden It Produced from Planet Stories January 1952 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "It" by Hayden Howard is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book revolves around a group of Earthmen who explore a desolate, alien city, uncovering dark secrets and facing a peculiar and malevolent force that threatens their lives. The narrative delves into themes of control, survival, and the struggle against an unseen enemy. The story follows a captain and his crew as they venture into a decayed city on a distant planet, where they soon realize they are not alone. As they explore, the captain becomes possessed by a parasitic entity that seeks to control his actions and turn him against his crew. The tension escalates as the alien influence leads to violence and disarray among the crew members. The captain struggles to regain control over his body and ultimately must find a way to free himself and his companions from the terrifying entity. As the narrative unfolds, the novel explores the nature of fear and autonomy, culminating in a harrowing confrontation that tests the limits of humanity in the face of an alien menace. Ultimately, they must band together to ensure their survival and find a way back to Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Extinct cities -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction Parasites -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 63652 2025-07-25T10:10:00.067840 text/html 39850 2024-10-18T09:01:35 text/html 407378 2025-07-25T10:10:01.906809 application/epub+zip 406243 2025-07-25T10:10:00.486855 application/epub+zip 78823 2025-07-25T10:10:00.244822 application/epub+zip 444332 2025-07-25T10:10:03.242831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437231 2025-07-25T10:10:01.681813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110036 2022-09-28T20:30:06.968543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57201 2025-07-25T10:09:59.964811 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37469 2024-10-18T09:01:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17434 2025-07-25T10:10:03.368794 application/rdf+xml 30332 2025-07-25T10:10:00.355812 image/jpeg 4996 2025-07-25T10:10:00.304808 image/jpeg 403128 2025-07-25T10:10:00.080842 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