Project Gutenberg 2010-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 55 Highe, Jefferson Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. What Rough Beast? Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "What Rough Beast?" by Jefferson Highe is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of education, societal collapse, and the potential invasion of Earth by a highly intelligent alien race, but with a twist—these invaders are children with incredible abilities. The narrative unfolds in a dystopian future where conventional education has failed, leading to chaotic outbreaks in schools and societal unrest among the youth. The plot centers around John Ward, a teacher grappling with the consequences of a failing educational system as he encounters disturbances caused by his students, including a riot involving teleporting tigers. Ward becomes increasingly convinced that the Outspacers, believed to be out-of-this-world beings, are monitoring Earth by planting children with extraordinary gifts among humans. As he pieces together this theory, the story builds toward humorous revelations about the true nature of the so-called invaders. Through Ward's experiences and interactions with his students, the novel delves into the absurdity of the situation while raising questions about the direction of humanity and education amidst overwhelming challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31975/31975-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 64212 64219 2024-11-13T13:23:22.828150 2023-09-14T06:47:14.566188 text/html text/html 61128 2021-01-06T11:37:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 153967 2021-01-06T11:37:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 166864 2024-11-13T13:23:25.031130 application/epub+zip 165756 2024-11-13T13:23:23.370139 application/epub+zip 59798 2024-11-13T13:23:23.100139 application/epub+zip 205179 2024-11-13T13:23:26.432171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197552 2024-11-13T13:23:24.743170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91871 2022-09-14T15:51:14.866830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55406 55310 2024-11-13T13:23:22.638189 2023-09-14T06:47:14.399185 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 55284 2021-01-06T11:37:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21838 2021-01-06T11:37:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19766 2024-11-13T13:23:26.568131 application/rdf+xml 18671 2024-11-13T13:23:23.161155 image/jpeg 3186 2024-11-13T13:23:23.130138 image/jpeg 156461 2024-11-13T13:23:22.842159 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