Project Gutenberg 2007-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 63 Edmondson, G. C. 1922 1995 Edmondson, Garry Cotton, José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton, Jose Mario Garry Ordonez Edmondson y Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton, José Mario Garry Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Blessed are the meek Produced from Astounding, September, 1955. Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Blessed are the meek" by G. C. Edmondson is a science fiction narrative written in the mid-20th century. The book explores themes of servitude and dependence through the interactions between humanoid aliens and a human crew on a distant planet. The story delves into cultural exchanges and philosophical inquiries about existence, servitude, and the cyclical nature of power dynamics within species. The plot centers on a human crew led by Griffin, who encounters a group of humanoids represented by a character named Joe. As the humans excavate and interact with the humanoids, it becomes evident that Joe's people have lived under servitude for millennia, moving from one master to another throughout their history. The story unfolds as Griffin learns about the philosophical outlook of Joe's race, who accept their state under the belief that existence itself and the perpetuation of their people is paramount. Their acceptance of servitude raises questions about autonomy and the role of technology versus personal agency. The narrative ultimately reflects on the choices faced by the humanoids and offers a critique of historical cycles of dominance and submission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 36881 36886 2024-10-10T09:50:10.596915 2023-09-10T12:06:13.568902 text/html text/html 33348 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 79046 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 160900 2024-10-10T09:50:14.408917 application/epub+zip 159705 2024-10-10T09:50:12.266892 application/epub+zip 76690 2024-10-10T09:50:11.179910 application/epub+zip 238264 2024-10-10T09:50:16.023887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231840 2024-10-10T09:50:13.783910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126821 2022-08-11T06:10:33.210570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30693 30611 2024-10-10T09:50:10.299901 2023-09-10T12:06:13.370904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 30607 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 11865 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 30599 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11844 2007-12-07T06:56:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22962 2024-10-10T09:50:16.163908 application/rdf+xml 12240 2024-10-10T09:50:11.713878 image/jpeg 3120 2024-10-10T09:50:11.443893 image/jpeg 142423 2024-10-10T09:50:10.605881 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