Project Gutenberg 2009-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 61 Williams, Robert Moore 1907 1977 Jarvis, E. K. Be It Ever Thus Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Be It Ever Thus" by Robert Moore Williams is a science fiction novel written in the early to mid-1950s. The book explores themes of conquest, identity, and rebellion against oppressive systems, set in a future where humanity has conquered an alien world and its inhabitants. The narrative follows a group of graduating students from the Star Institute of Advanced Science as they visit a museum showcasing the remnants of the defeated native population. The story centers around the class president, Billy Kasker, who unknowingly harbors the identity of a native swapped at birth. As the class tours the ruins of the conquered civilization under the guidance of their instructor, they indulge in a patronizing view of the natives. Tension escalates when Kasker encounters a brown-skinned native who reveals their shared past. With this connection, Kasker becomes embroiled in a plot to liberate the oppressed natives, culminating in a transformation of his role from a naïve conqueror to an ally intent on altering the fate of his people. The novel ultimately critiques systemic oppression and the complexities of identity, culminating in a powerful moment of rebellion and hope for the future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 54744 54753 2024-09-12T13:35:48.697726 2023-09-13T05:52:53.200436 text/html text/html 51161 2009-06-25T15:35:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 92462 2009-06-25T15:35:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 142476 2024-09-12T13:35:53.436757 application/epub+zip 141071 2024-09-12T13:35:50.342747 application/epub+zip 67211 2024-09-12T13:35:49.176751 application/epub+zip 226779 2024-09-12T13:35:55.055691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218499 2024-09-12T13:35:52.008686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145858 2022-09-13T14:22:47.971145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47548 47448 2024-09-12T13:35:48.346704 2023-09-13T05:52:52.899472 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 47390 2009-06-25T15:35:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17844 2009-06-25T15:35:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18790 2024-09-12T13:35:55.189734 application/rdf+xml 12433 2024-09-12T13:35:49.732717 image/jpeg 3203 2024-09-12T13:35:49.441718 image/jpeg 142128 2024-09-12T13:35:48.708729 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