Project Gutenberg 2007-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 72 Budrys, Algis 1931 2008 Budrys, Algirdas Jonas Scarff, William Hodgkins, David C. Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van The Stoker and the Stars Produced from Astounding Science Fiction February 1959. Reading ease score: 92.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Stoker and the Stars" by John A. Sentry is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The story centers on a post-war Earth struggling for identity and existence while interacting with alien species. The narrative follows the experiences of a crew aboard an interstellar freighter, focusing particularly on the enigmatic stoker, a man whose past is steeped in conflict and whose pursuits are shrouded in mystery. In the novella, the unnamed narrator reflects on his past experience aboard the "Serenus", where he awkwardly interacts with a quiet stoker who has a complex history revealed through hints and implications. As the crew navigates their trade routes with alien races, they grow apprehensive about the stoker's intentions, especially given his military background and his past against their "sworn enemies." However, the story unfolds to depict the stoker's transformation and the eventual positive changes he brings about in human-alien relations. He symbolizes a bridge between worlds, challenging both his crew's and the reader's understanding of loyalty, sacrifice, and the essence of humanity amid the stars, leading to unexpected respect from the very beings they once viewed with animosity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 51982 51989 2024-10-10T06:16:59.984563 2023-09-10T09:21:14.308644 text/html text/html 48250 2007-10-12T06:04:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 95353 2007-10-12T06:04:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 165286 2024-10-10T06:17:05.609551 application/epub+zip 164117 2024-10-10T06:17:03.176549 application/epub+zip 74541 2024-10-10T06:17:01.726553 application/epub+zip 310430 2024-10-10T06:17:07.345563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303700 2024-10-10T06:17:04.833556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135458 2022-09-10T16:07:23.122857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44368 44243 2024-10-10T06:16:59.675580 2023-09-10T09:21:14.075646 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 44363 2007-10-12T06:04:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17187 2007-10-12T06:04:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20925 2024-10-10T06:17:07.480522 application/rdf+xml 13376 2024-10-10T06:17:02.469542 image/jpeg 3823 2024-10-10T06:17:02.194556 image/jpeg 164510 2024-10-10T06:16:59.995572 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 en.wikipedia