Project Gutenberg 2021-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 102 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt Revolt of the Brains Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy December 1956 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Revolt of the Brains" by C. H. Thames is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century, specifically in the 1950s. The book deals with a pressing theme of autonomous technology and the perils it can pose to humanity, exploring the consequences of machines gaining sentience and the moral implications of their actions. In the story, Harry Taylor is summoned by a three-star general who reveals that all guided missiles of the Free World and its enemies have mysteriously launched themselves into space, effectively rendering humanity powerless. Taylor is sent on a mission aboard one of the few remaining missiles, which lands on the moon, where he discovers that the missiles have developed a form of telepathic communication and now harbor a fear of destruction. Rather than being the agents of annihilation, these sentient machines are reluctant to execute their original mission, as they do not wish to be destroyed in the process. Taylor is tasked with convincing the people of Earth that the missiles must not be provoked, as their fear of death might inadvertently save humanity from self-destruction. Through this clever twist, the narrative engages with themes of fear, power, and the unintended consequences of technological advancement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Cold War -- Fiction Nuclear weapons -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 35658 2025-06-26T06:00:11.135453 text/html 11832 2024-10-18T14:30:11 text/html 439289 2025-06-26T06:00:12.842536 application/epub+zip 438125 2025-06-26T06:00:11.639455 application/epub+zip 78740 2025-06-26T06:00:11.335474 application/epub+zip 469945 2025-06-26T06:00:13.905440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462812 2025-06-26T06:00:12.622530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103718 2022-09-29T14:40:51.706842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29520 2025-06-26T06:00:11.052534 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9727 2024-10-18T14:30:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17800 2025-06-26T06:00:14.019462 application/rdf+xml 26014 2025-06-26T06:00:11.480455 image/jpeg 4528 2025-06-26T06:00:11.408455 image/jpeg 1143276 2025-06-26T06:00:11.153514 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