Project Gutenberg 2010-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 126 Aycock, Roger D. 1914 2004 Dee, Roger Starr, John Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. Pet Farm Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Pet Farm" by Roger D. Aycock is a science fiction novel produced in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around an alien planet named Falak, depicting the exploration and discovery of its bizarre ecological system, particularly the disturbing relationship between the planet's human-like inhabitants and a species of colossal moths. The story delves into themes of alien psychology, survival, and the darker aspects of human endurance against overwhelming odds. In "Pet Farm," the protagonist, Farrell, is part of a Reclamations team sent to assess the remnants of human civilization on Falak, where they encounter a desolate environment populated by young, degenerated humans whose older counterparts have mysteriously disappeared. As they uncover the eerie nature of this society, the crew discovers that the natives are under the influence of the moths that emerge during the planet’s long winters. This leads to a chilling realization of a symbiotic relationship that maintains the human population in a constant state of youth and servitude. The story escalates as Farrell grapples with the moral implications of their Reclamation mission and ultimately decides to thwart it, leading to profound questions about freedom, humanity, and alien motivations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32344/32344-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 66420 66429 2024-09-13T13:58:38.059317 2023-09-14T07:58:10.605912 text/html text/html 63107 2021-01-06T14:36:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 113221 2021-01-06T14:36:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 120342 2024-09-13T13:58:40.188322 application/epub+zip 119394 2024-09-13T13:58:38.566322 application/epub+zip 74850 2024-09-13T13:58:38.305334 application/epub+zip 160591 2024-09-13T13:58:41.586329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153117 2024-09-13T13:58:39.930312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108783 2022-09-15T04:12:05.993751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58356 58260 2024-09-13T13:58:37.873345 2023-09-14T07:58:10.435927 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 58207 2021-01-06T14:36:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23357 2021-01-06T14:36:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19178 2024-09-13T13:58:41.719310 application/rdf+xml 24457 2024-09-13T13:58:38.370325 image/jpeg 4431 2024-09-13T13:58:38.337328 image/jpeg 113499 2024-09-13T13:58:38.070334 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