Project Gutenberg 2007-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 116 Garrett, Randall 1927 1987 Garrett, Gordon Randall Garret, Randall Barretton, Grandall Mitchell, Clyde Burke, Ralph Martinez Dead Giveaway Produced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1959. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Dead Giveaway" by Randall Garrett is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The book centers around a cultural mystery, exploring themes of alien civilizations and the significance of artifacts left behind on distant planets. It follows Dr. Dave Turnbull, a scholar who becomes embroiled in an investigation regarding the disappearance of his mentor, Scholar James Duckworth. The story unfolds as Turnbull, returning to Earth after a research expedition, finds a series of distressing letters from Duckworth that hint at his departure for a mysterious research project on the planet Mendez. Turnbull's search for the missing scholar leads him to uncover deeper secrets tied to Centaurus City, an ancient and enigmatic alien civilization. As Turnbull delves into the mysteries of Duckworth's undertaking, he learns about the implications of the artifacts found there and the profound cultural insights they may contain. Ultimately, the investigation reveals implications for humanity’s understanding of its place in the universe, as Turnbull confronts the possibility that their existence unfolds under the watchful eyes of advanced beings. The narrative deftly navigates themes of knowledge, humility, and the thirst for understanding of the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Missing persons -- Fiction Extinct cities -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 85206 85218 2024-09-10T10:01:48.182378 2023-09-11T03:37:49.416908 text/html text/html 82021 2007-12-27T08:44:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 151577 2007-12-27T08:44:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203755 2024-09-10T10:01:52.130359 application/epub+zip 202258 2024-09-10T10:01:49.590381 application/epub+zip 77485 2024-09-10T10:01:48.736381 application/epub+zip 276216 2024-09-10T10:01:54.054380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268530 2024-09-10T10:01:51.449366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147185 2022-09-11T08:11:38.310866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74965 74845 2024-09-10T10:01:47.855386 2023-09-11T03:37:49.033936 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 74871 2007-12-27T08:44:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28679 2007-12-27T08:44:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 74862 2007-12-27T08:44:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28661 2007-12-27T08:44:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21390 2024-09-10T10:01:54.197376 application/rdf+xml 11712 2024-09-10T10:01:49.075411 image/jpeg 3263 2024-09-10T10:01:48.902427 image/jpeg 200666 2024-09-10T10:01:48.199398 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 More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar en.wikipedia