The Crowded Colony by Jerome Bixby
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About this eBook
| Author | Bixby, Jerome, 1923-1998 |
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| Illustrator | Mayan, Earl, 1916-2009 |
| Title | The Crowded Colony |
| Note | Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
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| Summary | "The Crowded Colony" by Jay B. Drexel is a science fiction story published in the early 1950s. The narrative unfolds on Mars, focusing on the interactions between a group of human colonizers, referred to as the Conquerors, and the indigenous Martians who inhabit the village of Kinkaaka. The story explores themes of imperialism, cultural misunderstanding, and the ethics of colonization, as the Conquerors grapple with their perceptions of the Martians and the consequences of their mission. The plot centers around Jack Burke, Barnes, and Randolph, three Conquerors who represent a blend of arrogance and naïveté towards the native Martians. While Burke and Barnes hold dismissive views towards the Martians, Randolph finds beauty in their culture and questions the moral implications of their colonization. Tensions escalate when they realize a group of Centaurians—a different alien species—has arrived, believing the human colonizers to be the remnants of Martian civilization. This misunderstanding sets the stage for a confrontation that unravels their expectations and challenges their predatory view of the Martians, revealing deeper themes of identity and perception between species. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Mars (Planet) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 63930 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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