Project Gutenberg 2007-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 80 Cocking, Ron Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon Warning from the Stars Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories April 1959. Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Warning from the Stars" by Ron Cocking is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the themes of interstellar communication, scientific ethics, and the potential consequences of atomic warfare. It delves into the idea of advanced extraterrestrial beings intervening in human affairs to prevent self-destruction and to guide humanity towards a more peaceful coexistence. The narrative follows Dr. Richard Forster, an aviation medicine specialist who discovers a mysterious container with a message from his supposedly deceased colleague, James Rawdon Bentley. The message reveals that Bentley and others have been abducted by a highly evolved extraterrestrial civilization, referred to as "The Shining Ones," who intend to remove key scientists from Earth to halt nuclear weaponization and prevent impending disaster. As Forster grapples with the implications of this revelation, the novel unfolds with a mixture of suspense and philosophical inquiry, ultimately culminating in a dramatic resolution where peace talks between East and West are unexpectedly facilitated by the alien intervention. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 65280 65288 2024-10-10T03:54:26.132449 2023-09-10T07:31:25.349191 text/html text/html 61851 2007-09-09T08:59:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 212591 2007-09-09T08:59:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290555 2024-10-10T03:54:32.224487 application/epub+zip 288957 2024-10-10T03:54:29.472423 application/epub+zip 80752 2024-10-10T03:54:28.091448 application/epub+zip 465965 2024-10-10T03:54:34.112430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458080 2024-10-10T03:54:31.351425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171878 2022-09-10T13:44:48.822221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57665 57565 2024-10-10T03:54:25.757444 2023-09-10T07:31:25.070189 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 57580 2007-09-09T08:59:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22859 2007-09-09T08:59:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 57571 2007-09-09T08:59:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22841 2007-09-09T08:59:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22055 2024-10-10T03:54:34.242402 application/rdf+xml 15725 2024-10-10T03:54:28.630448 image/jpeg 4271 2024-10-10T03:54:28.359445 image/jpeg 290273 2024-10-10T03:54:26.150470 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