Project Gutenberg 2021-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 106 Schere, Moses 1913 1996 Schere, Monroe Schere, M. McWilliams, Al 1916 1993 McWilliams, Alden Spurr McWilliams, A. Mind Worms Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1948 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Mind Worms" by Moses Schere is a science fiction novella published in the late 1940s. The story takes place in a future where Earth has begun to make contact with alien civilizations, particularly a species residing on Venus, which is rumored to be superior in intellect. The book explores themes of fear, the inferiority complex experienced by humans when faced with more advanced beings, and the nature of communication between different species. The plot centers around an ambassador from Earth traveling to Venus, where communication and understanding with the Venusians become paramount. As he prepares for his landing, he reflects on past encounters with aliens, particularly an old space traveler named Rupert Hoag, who shares a chilling story about glowing, worm-like creatures that they encountered in space. The ambassador grapples with his fear and insecurities about meeting a race that may be vastly more powerful, realizing that previous encounters have left humans psychologically scarred. Ultimately, the story concludes with the ambassador adopting a more confident stance, recognizing that he has time to navigate this new relationship rather than succumbing to panic and fear, thus shifting the perspective on interspecies diplomacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Storytelling -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Ambassadors -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 54191 2025-07-25T11:48:49.140516 text/html 30266 2024-10-18T10:07:44 text/html 459300 2025-07-25T11:48:51.117531 application/epub+zip 458117 2025-07-25T11:48:49.604560 application/epub+zip 81843 2025-07-25T11:48:49.339510 application/epub+zip 496312 2025-07-25T11:48:52.362540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488535 2025-07-25T11:48:50.905544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112383 2022-09-29T03:35:44.376356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47676 2025-07-25T11:48:49.016531 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27893 2024-10-18T10:07:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18114 2025-07-25T11:48:52.502507 application/rdf+xml 33203 2025-07-25T11:48:49.447501 image/jpeg 5364 2025-07-25T11:48:49.390529 image/jpeg 459467 2025-07-25T11:48:49.153573 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