Project Gutenberg 2006-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 248 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Naudsonce Produced from Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction, January 1962. Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, William Woods, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Naudsonce" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The narrative explores themes of communication and cultural interaction as it follows a team of humans encountering an alien humanoid race on a newly discovered planet. The book delves into the complexities of establishing relations with intelligent beings whose perception and means of communication differ significantly from those of humans. In "Naudsonce," a colonial expedition led by Paul Meillard encounters the Svants, an alien race with unique auditory perception that translates sound into tactile sensations rather than audible language. The Terran crew struggles to communicate while navigating their misunderstandings of the Svants' society. As they attempt to establish a treaty for colonization, they discover the challenges of teaching these aliens Terran technologies without disrupting their existing culture. Amid language barriers, cultural conflicts, and the exploration of new technologies, the narrative raises questions about the ethics of colonization and the unintended consequences of imposing one's own beliefs and technologies on another culture. The journey leads to the realization that true understanding may require deeper empathy and adaptation on both sides. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 131487 131507 2024-10-08T11:19:54.260335 2023-09-08T12:14:47.694684 text/html text/html 129352 2013-06-06T07:38:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 339185 2013-06-06T07:39:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 418919 2024-10-08T11:20:00.345293 application/epub+zip 419368 2024-10-08T11:19:56.658334 application/epub+zip 119959 2024-10-08T11:19:54.969316 application/epub+zip 851146 2024-10-08T11:20:02.758280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 838911 2024-10-08T11:19:59.136331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169992 2022-09-09T07:30:39.254616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118771 118673 2024-10-08T11:19:53.830330 2023-09-08T12:14:47.387691 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 118669 2013-06-06T07:37:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45904 2013-06-06T07:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20325 2024-10-08T11:20:02.900265 application/rdf+xml 11435 2024-10-08T11:19:55.537314 image/jpeg 3046 2024-10-08T11:19:55.247316 image/jpeg 410870 2024-10-08T11:19:54.290324 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia