Project Gutenberg 2021-03-04 Public domain in the USA. 234 Aycock, Roger D. 1914 2004 Dee, Roger Starr, John Unwelcome Tenant Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1950 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Unwelcome Tenant" by Roger D. Aycock is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The story explores profound themes of consciousness and identity through the journey of the protagonist, Robert Maynard, who discovers an unsettling truth about human existence and the control exerted by parasitic entities. It raises questions about freedom, individuality, and the potential for humanity's evolution beyond such influences. The narrative follows Maynard as he embarks on a solo journey to Mars, feeling a deep sense of pioneering triumph and newfound freedom when he realizes he has been host to a parasitic intelligence all his life. After this entity abandons him during his approach to Mars, Maynard experiences a profound expansion of consciousness and intelligence. He dreams of liberating humanity from these controlling Tenants, imagining a future where free men could build a new civilization. However, as he descends toward Mars, he is confronted with the chilling realization that these entities may also exist on the red planet, leading to a haunting uncertainty about his newfound freedom and the battle against these unseen forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space travelers -- Fiction Parasites -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 37694 2025-07-25T13:16:09.537069 text/html 13760 2024-10-18T11:37:19 text/html 480004 2025-07-25T13:16:11.280065 application/epub+zip 478828 2025-07-25T13:16:09.954096 application/epub+zip 82613 2025-07-25T13:16:09.717084 application/epub+zip 510800 2025-07-25T13:16:12.437056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503357 2025-07-25T13:16:11.064091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107247 2022-09-29T06:46:06.657824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31603 2025-07-25T13:16:09.449070 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11826 2024-10-18T11:37:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16949 2025-07-25T13:16:12.561068 application/rdf+xml 29434 2025-07-25T13:16:09.820084 image/jpeg 5013 2025-07-25T13:16:09.768095 image/jpeg 458688 2025-07-25T13:16:09.550081 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