Project Gutenberg 2008-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 92 Cox, Irving E. 1917 2001 Cox, Irving England, Jr. Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van The Guardians Produced by Greg Weeks, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Guardians" by Irving E. Cox, Jr. is a science fiction novel published in the mid-20th century. The story delves into themes of truth, knowledge, and the consequences of ignorance within a dystopian society that has built myths around their existence. The protagonist, Mryna Brill, navigates a world shrouded in deception, discovering the harsh realities that underpin her idyllic life. The narrative follows Mryna, a young woman living on a planet called Rythar, which she has been conditioned to believe is Earth. Driven by curiosity and a yearning for freedom, she embarks on a journey above the clouds where she uncovers that her "Earth-god" is merely a man manipulating their reality. As she grapples with her newfound knowledge, Mryna learns that she and the other inhabitants of Rythar are carriers of a deadly sickness, an infection that prompted Earth’s civilization to isolate them. Her escape to the so-called Guardian Wheel reveals the dark truths of their situation, leading her to confront her own society's misconceptions. Ultimately, Mryna realizes the necessity for transparency and truth in order to break free from the cycle of delusion, culminating in her desperate plea to Earth as she confronts the implications of her escape and the wider impact of the truth on their worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Dystopias -- Fiction Diseases -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 67390 67406 2024-09-10T10:18:31.724442 2023-09-11T03:52:12.774090 text/html text/html 64654 2008-01-03T14:19:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 120541 2008-01-03T14:19:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126130 2024-09-10T10:18:33.831437 application/epub+zip 125072 2024-09-10T10:18:32.216459 application/epub+zip 91926 2024-09-10T10:18:31.967436 application/epub+zip 166629 2024-09-10T10:18:35.357447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157271 2024-09-10T10:18:33.579449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124451 2022-09-11T08:32:57.519616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56374 56278 2024-09-10T10:18:31.559441 2023-09-11T03:52:12.632099 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56238 2008-01-03T14:19:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21705 2008-01-03T14:19:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19916 2024-09-10T10:18:35.493438 application/rdf+xml 19931 2024-09-10T10:18:32.033448 image/jpeg 2793 2024-09-10T10:18:31.998448 image/jpeg 121510 2024-09-10T10:18:31.736443 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