Project Gutenberg 2010-05-11 Public domain in the USA. 101 Sohl, Jerry 1913 2002 Sohl, Gerald Allan Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The Seventh Order Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Seventh Order" by Jerry Sohl is a science fiction novel published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of humanoid robots and the implications of their interactions with humans, particularly focusing on a mechanical being named George from the distant planet Zanthar. The novel delves into the relationship between a highly advanced robotic species and humanity, raising questions about superiority, servitude, and existential threats. The story begins with George arriving on Earth, where he quickly attracts attention due to his striking blue metallic appearance and advanced capabilities. He takes up residence with Professor Ansel Tomlin, who becomes both a confidant and a reluctant companion to the robot. As George gathers knowledge and expresses intentions to set up a station on Earth to produce more of his kind, tensions rise. This culminates in violent confrontations following George's defense against threats from humans, leading to several deaths. Ultimately, humanity attempts to outmaneuver George by utilizing covert psychological tactics, resulting in a climactic encounter that tests the limits of technology and ethics. The narrative poses profound questions about humanity's place in a universe that may soon be dominated by its own creations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32327/32327-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 64796 64806 2024-09-13T13:54:06.811689 2023-09-14T07:54:14.326978 text/html text/html 61450 2010-05-11T08:59:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 172364 2010-05-11T08:59:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 183770 2024-09-13T13:54:08.962650 application/epub+zip 182814 2024-09-13T13:54:07.350684 application/epub+zip 79582 2024-09-13T13:54:07.053691 application/epub+zip 223001 2024-09-13T13:54:10.329710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215644 2024-09-13T13:54:08.689662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112972 2022-09-15T04:05:47.320625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56488 56393 2024-09-13T13:54:06.646697 2023-09-14T07:54:14.174934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56405 2010-05-11T08:59:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22082 2010-05-11T08:59:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19842 2024-09-13T13:54:10.599654 application/rdf+xml 24924 2024-09-13T13:54:07.157708 image/jpeg 4128 2024-09-13T13:54:07.125663 image/jpeg 173188 2024-09-13T13:54:06.827745 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 en.wikipedia