Project Gutenberg 2009-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 80 Janifer, Laurence M. 1933 2002 Janifer, Laurence Mark Harris, Larry M. Logan, William Janifer, Larry Harris, Laurence Mark Douglas The Man Who Played to Lose Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Who Played to Lose" by Laurence M. Janifer is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around themes of guerrilla warfare, political instability, and the complexities of leadership in a democratic setup on an alien planet called Wohlen. It explores the intricacies of human behavior and the consequences of decisions made in the throes of conflict. The protagonist, Ephraim Carboy, is sent to Wohlen after a civil war has erupted, leading to a power struggle between the established government and guerrillas led by the ambitious William F. Sergeant. Carboy, along with General Rawlinson Hollerith of the guerrilla forces, navigates a treacherous landscape filled with intrigue and deception. As the narrative unfolds, Carboy devises a plan to provide the guerrillas with reinforcements and weapons, leading to a significant but costly military victory. However, as tensions rise and the implications of democracy in warfare become evident, Hollerith realizes that they have been set on a path to destruction by the very success they sought. The novel concludes with an insightful reflection on the limitations of democracy as a tool for leadership in times of crisis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 66509 66444 2024-11-13T04:38:33.156229 2023-09-13T09:35:38.659620 text/html text/html 63261 2009-10-15T09:42:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 203599 2024-11-13T04:38:38.456198 application/epub+zip 202447 2024-11-13T04:38:36.010215 application/epub+zip 81124 2024-11-13T04:38:34.863199 application/epub+zip 285611 2024-11-13T04:38:40.241192 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278549 2024-11-13T04:38:37.789193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138169 2022-09-14T05:19:22.225426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59694 2023-09-13T09:35:38.450682 text/plain 17098 2024-11-13T04:38:40.368213 application/rdf+xml 11108 2024-11-13T04:38:35.410196 image/jpeg 3072 2024-11-13T04:38:35.133226 image/jpeg 198903 2024-11-13T04:38:33.170230 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