Project Gutenberg 2022-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 98 Nourse, Alan Edward 1928 1992 Edwards, Al Nourse, Alan E. (Alan Edward) Ebel, Alex 1932 2013 Peacemaker $aUnited States :$bFuture Publications, Inc.,$c1953. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Peacemaker" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a character named Flicker, who is human and has embarked on a mission to communicate with an alien species that poses a threat to his people. The book explores themes of misunderstanding, the desire for peaceful communication, and the instinct for survival when faced with hostile forces. In "Peacemaker," Flicker is captured aboard an alien spaceship, where he learns that the aliens view him as a threat and consider killing him to ensure their safety. Despite their initial aggression, Flicker seeks a way to establish contact and convey critical messages to the aliens, warning them against encroaching on his people. Throughout the narrative, he navigates the challenges of captivity, using his cunning to exploit the aliens' weaknesses and ultimately engendering a deadly game of survival in the darkened confines of the ship. As tensions escalate, Flicker is forced to resort to violence, blurring the line between his original intentions as a peacemaker and the brutal reality of self-preservation, leading him to contemplate the balance between coexistence and defense against aggression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220526160748nourse 1953 US Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 67216 2025-06-27T08:11:25.978024 text/html 43461 2024-10-18T23:57:34 text/html 330971 2025-06-27T08:11:28.790975 application/epub+zip 329813 2025-06-27T08:11:27.094973 application/epub+zip 242546 2025-06-27T08:11:26.399985 application/epub+zip 1047523 2025-06-27T08:11:30.090984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1039944 2025-06-27T08:11:28.349987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 952746 2022-09-30T22:35:56.002735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61122 2025-06-27T08:11:25.875005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41267 2024-10-18T23:57:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18377 2025-06-27T08:11:30.220961 application/rdf+xml 30651 2025-06-27T08:11:26.714997 image/jpeg 5124 2025-06-27T08:11:26.555998 image/jpeg 1327304 2025-06-27T08:11:26.007202 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 en.wikipedia