Project Gutenberg 2009-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 61 Wilson, Richard 1920 1987 Wilson, Dick Halibut, Edward Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Double Take Reading ease score: 86.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Double Take" by Richard Wilson is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative centers on Paul Asher, an unsuspecting protagonist who becomes embroiled in a high-stakes scenario involving espionage and interstellar conflict. The story combines elements of adventure and suspense as it explores themes of mistaken identity and the hidden complexities of space travel. In the plot, Paul Asher's life takes a sharp turn when he finds himself steering a car with the enigmatic Naomi, who forces him to cross a frontier and leads him to a disguised spaceship within a barn. There, he is mistaken for a secret agent tasked with delivering sensitive information about a way-station project in space. The story unfolds with Paul navigating the treacherous dynamics between Naomi, a potential ally or enemy, and Hafitz, the commanding figure behind the operation. As Paul discovers his unexpected role, he grapples with his own innocence and the resulting dangers that come with it. Ultimately, the tale reveals not only the thrill of adventure but also the uncertainties of reality as Paul awakes from what he initially believed to be an extraordinary experience, suggesting a continuous loop back to the beginning where he may confront Naomi once again. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49450 49396 2024-11-13T03:46:38.562708 2023-09-13T08:51:43.633559 text/html text/html 45560 2009-09-22T14:03:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 343314 2024-11-13T03:46:42.750665 application/epub+zip 341732 2024-11-13T03:46:40.343697 application/epub+zip 84908 2024-11-13T03:46:39.153696 application/epub+zip 454502 2024-11-13T03:46:44.505691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446531 2024-11-13T03:46:41.991703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112109 2022-09-14T04:18:46.308521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42231 2023-09-13T08:51:43.435540 text/plain 16951 2024-11-13T03:46:44.627664 application/rdf+xml 10253 2024-11-13T03:46:39.685685 image/jpeg 2861 2024-11-13T03:46:39.417699 image/jpeg 340409 2024-11-13T03:46:38.577697 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