Project Gutenberg 2021-03-03 Public domain in the USA. 118 Davis, Charles H. Who Goes There? Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1950 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Who Goes There?" by Charles H. Davis is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The narrative follows the perilous adventure of two alien beings, Ekrado and Ronaro, who escape their damaged spaceship and crash into an oceanic planet. The story explores themes of survival, communication, and the quest for assistance in the face of impending destruction. The plot begins with Ekrado and Ronaro evading a deadly attack from a pursuing enemy cruiser, ultimately abandoning their ship and crash-landing in Earth's oceans. Once submerged, they seek intelligent life on the planet to relay urgent news about an alien invasion threatening their home world. Despite several encounters with aquatic creatures that fail to demonstrate intelligence, they eventually detect a metal object signifying human presence. In their attempt to make contact, their lifeboat is tragically destroyed by a depth charge from a U.S. Navy destroyer before any communication can occur. The story concludes with a dark sense of irony, as the aliens’ plight remains unknown and unacknowledged, underscoring the challenges of communication across different life forms and environments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 50147 2025-06-25T12:09:54.225870 text/html 26432 2024-10-18T11:35:44 text/html 407894 2025-06-25T12:09:56.002901 application/epub+zip 406711 2025-06-25T12:09:54.639936 application/epub+zip 84496 2025-06-25T12:09:54.404872 application/epub+zip 443005 2025-06-25T12:09:57.215922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436103 2025-06-25T12:09:55.800851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114020 2022-09-29T06:38:08.586880 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43727 2025-06-25T12:09:54.117868 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23953 2024-10-18T11:35:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16671 2025-06-25T12:09:57.335842 application/rdf+xml 30724 2025-06-25T12:09:54.507872 image/jpeg 5110 2025-06-25T12:09:54.455895 image/jpeg 473566 2025-06-25T12:09:54.240862 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