Project Gutenberg 2010-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 75 Gold, H. L. (Horace Leonard) 1914 1996 Gold, Horace Leonard Storey, Richard Grimm, Christopher Sharp, Henry Sharp, H. No Charge for Alterations Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "No Charge for Alterations" by H. L. Gold is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative unfolds on the planet Deneb, where the medical practices and societal norms starkly contrast those of Earth. The story explores themes of adaptation and social control, questioning the moral implications of altering people's identities and bodies to suit the needs of a frontier society. In the story, Dr. Kalmar, a seasoned physician on Deneb, faces the challenges of training his inexperienced assistant, Dr. Hoyt, who has just arrived from Earth. The plot revolves around the practice of using Ego Alter and Rephysical treatments to mold individuals to fit societal roles, such as transforming Avis, a discontented young girl, into a capable farm worker she once resisted becoming. Dr. Kalmar believes he is acting for the greater good of Deneb, while Dr. Hoyt grapples with the ethics behind such alterations. As tensions rise, Dr. Lowell, Kalmar's mentor, intervenes to provide perspective, ultimately leading to a surprising resolution. The story raises thought-provoking questions about personal agency, societal expectations, and the consequences of intrusive medical practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Physicians -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 78368 78371 2024-10-13T13:43:21.510024 2023-09-14T06:48:37.293359 text/html text/html 75381 2010-04-14T11:34:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 111256 2010-04-14T11:34:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 185808 2024-10-13T13:43:27.076976 application/epub+zip 184683 2024-10-13T13:43:24.396970 application/epub+zip 97547 2024-10-13T13:43:23.177993 application/epub+zip 287213 2024-10-13T13:43:28.989978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280198 2024-10-13T13:43:26.314981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148787 2022-09-14T15:53:23.620939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69292 69197 2024-10-13T13:43:21.037999 2023-09-14T06:48:37.009449 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 69127 2010-04-14T11:34:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26903 2010-04-14T11:34:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20221 2024-10-13T13:43:29.116952 application/rdf+xml 13462 2024-10-13T13:43:23.719987 image/jpeg 3783 2024-10-13T13:43:23.450991 image/jpeg 180036 2024-10-13T13:43:21.525988 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