Project Gutenberg 2024-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 181 Herbert, Frank 1920 1986 Herbert, Franklin Patrick, Jr. Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Try to remember! $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1961. Produced from Amazing Stories October 1961. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Try to remember!" by Frank Herbert is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative unfolds in a tense atmosphere where humanity faces a dire threat from a galactic invader that demands effective communication or else face destruction. The plot centers on Francine Millar, a psychologist tasked with deciphering the language of the alien visitors while grappling with her own personal grief and the growing desperation of humanity in the wake of the alien ultimatum. As the story progresses, the tension among the team's linguists and psychologists intensifies as they struggle to communicate with the green-skinned aliens, who possess unique forms of language that blur the lines between verbal and non-verbal communication. Through symbolic gestures and primitive dances, Francine discovers profound truths about the nature of language and emotional expression, ultimately leading her to an epiphany that resonates with the scattered fragments of humanity's linguistic heritage. In a climactic moment, she confronts the alien representatives, emphasizing the need for genuine understanding over hollow words, which culminates in a poignant resolution that hints at a new era of communication and human evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240225144618herbert 1961 US Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Communication -- Fiction Psychologists -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 116184 2025-07-29T07:06:17.326457 text/html 91501 2024-05-10T16:46:06 text/html 426340 2025-07-29T07:06:21.596438 application/epub+zip 427003 2025-07-29T07:06:18.901431 application/epub+zip 235562 2025-07-29T07:06:17.924426 application/epub+zip 1162946 2025-07-29T07:06:23.384476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1154358 2025-07-29T07:06:20.952418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105220 2025-07-29T07:06:17.033429 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85403 2024-05-10T16:46:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17388 2025-07-29T07:06:23.523511 application/rdf+xml 28481 2025-07-29T07:06:18.354426 image/jpeg 4474 2025-07-29T07:06:18.134442 image/jpeg 2360775 2025-07-29T07:06:17.365419 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