Project Gutenberg 2021-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 104 Ashby, Richard Ashby, Dick Bok, Hannes 1914 1964 Woodard, Wayne Francis Master Race Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy September 1951 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Master Race" by Richard Ashby is a science fiction story written during the early 1950s. The narrative centers around a boy named Eddie who experiences an intriguing encounter with visiting aliens. The book delves into themes of exploration, innocence, and the contrasts between human and alien perceptions of worthiness and civilization. The story begins with Eddie, who is awakened in the middle of the night by strange lights above his tree house. Driven by curiosity, he ventures out with his dog, Rags, only to be knocked unconscious by an unknown force. Meanwhile, the aliens — led by a Commander — are on a mission to scout Earth for their colonization plans, seeing humanity as primitive and expendable. The Scout, sent to gather intelligence, makes a series of amusing yet grave misunderstandings about human artifacts, believing them to be rare items from a savage world. As the aliens prepare to execute their extermination orders, they discover the true potential of humanity through the records and artifacts collected by the Scout. Ultimately, they realize that their assumptions about the Earthlings were entirely wrong, leading to a frantic escape to avoid conflict with beings far superior to them. The story balances adventure with a critique of prejudice, illustrating how appearances can lead to dangerous misjudgments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Boys -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 48742 2025-06-26T04:27:49.186790 text/html 24909 2024-10-18T13:31:13 text/html 428544 2025-06-26T04:27:50.926812 application/epub+zip 427380 2025-06-26T04:27:49.594810 application/epub+zip 75209 2025-06-26T04:27:49.359816 application/epub+zip 463411 2025-06-26T04:27:52.040827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455997 2025-06-26T04:27:50.729781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104117 2022-09-29T11:08:37.385581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42610 2025-06-26T04:27:49.097849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22830 2024-10-18T13:31:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17635 2025-06-26T04:27:52.162777 application/rdf+xml 26263 2025-06-26T04:27:49.463797 image/jpeg 4354 2025-06-26T04:27:49.410819 image/jpeg 479864 2025-06-26T04:27:49.198826 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