Project Gutenberg 2023-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 89 Teichner, Albert Teichner, Albert R. Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling The right side of the tracks $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1963. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Right Side of the Tracks" by Albert Teichner is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on an expedition to the planet Nodar, where a group of interstellar explorers encounters a civilization that has isolated itself from the rest of the galaxy. As the crew investigates, they grapple with the implications of this isolation and the strange behaviors exhibited by the Nodarians, who seem to possess a distinct and advanced form of consciousness. The central theme of the work revolves around communication, social structures, and the potential evolution of human consciousness. In the story, the crew of the spaceship "Probe", led by Commander Linder and Chief Semanticist Dr. Stern, lands on Nodar, which has been signaling irregularly and exhibiting odd behaviors. Upon arrival, they are greeted by a Nodarian named Jackson, whose peculiar manners hint at deeper societal issues. As tensions rise, the crew experiences a humiliating encounter when the Nodarians disrespectfully spank them, which serves as a display of the cultural divide. Through the unfolding interactions, Dr. Stern theorizes that the Nodarians have developed a unique way of consciousness that allows them to perceive and process information far beyond typical human capabilities. The narrative explores themes of misunderstanding between cultures and the evolution of consciousness, culminating in the notion that the Nodarians may represent the next step in human evolution, possessing the ability to process multiple streams of information simultaneously. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231124091410teichner 1963 US Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 69783 2025-07-28T14:02:04.417677 text/html 45260 2023-12-05T20:15:40 text/html 328930 2025-07-28T14:02:08.214200 application/epub+zip 327695 2025-07-28T14:02:05.977654 application/epub+zip 186915 2025-07-28T14:02:05.072677 application/epub+zip 837090 2025-07-28T14:02:09.753138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829790 2025-07-28T14:02:07.644167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61942 2025-07-28T14:02:04.248665 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42112 2023-12-05T20:15:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16226 2025-07-28T14:02:09.895128 application/rdf+xml 27022 2025-07-28T14:02:05.502640 image/jpeg 4726 2025-07-28T14:02:05.273695 image/jpeg 1625955 2025-07-28T14:02:04.441698 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