Project Gutenberg 2024-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 106 Mason, John Hollis Mission $aNew York, NY :$bColumbia Publications, Inc., $c1942. Produced from Science Fiction Quarterly Spring 1942. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Mission" by John Hollis Mason is a science fiction narrative written during the early 1940s. The story explores themes of survival, colonization, and the clash of civilizations as it delves into the encounters between alien life forms and primitive Earth dwellers. The text is set against the backdrop of an impending extinction faced by the Martians, who seek a new home on Earth. The book follows Krai, a Martian tasked with assessing Earth's viability for settlement amid his planet's dwindling resources. Upon landing, he discovers a village of primitive tree-dwellers and uses his advanced technology to destroy their homes, believing there is no intelligent life there. However, one of the tree-dwellers, returning from a hunt, seeks revenge after witnessing the destruction of his community. In a fateful encounter, the tree-dweller manages to kill Krai with a thrown stone, showcasing the unexpected consequences of the alien's ruthless mission. The narrative culminates in a confrontation between the two species, highlighting the theme of revenge and survival against a backdrop of technological disparity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240228110343mason 1942 US Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Martians -- Fiction Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 36142 2025-09-29T05:18:45.988139 text/html 11742 2024-03-21T01:02:27 text/html 256583 2025-09-29T05:18:48.714117 application/epub+zip 255378 2025-09-29T05:18:47.050167 application/epub+zip 157282 2025-09-29T05:18:46.390148 application/epub+zip 766170 2025-09-29T05:18:49.895173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759308 2025-09-29T05:18:48.137184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29879 2025-09-29T05:18:45.899134 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10123 2024-03-21T01:02:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16064 2025-09-29T05:18:50.017119 application/rdf+xml 31191 2025-09-29T05:18:46.692128 image/jpeg 5341 2025-09-29T05:18:46.540138 image/jpeg 929305 2025-09-29T05:18:46.002151 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