Project Gutenberg 2012-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 92 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Potential Enemy Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Potential Enemy" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book centers on humanity's first contact with a seemingly alien intelligence that has been secretly cohabiting Earth for centuries, ultimately delving into themes of fear, prejudice, and the human tendency to perceive even potential friends as threats. The narrative follows a seasoned journalist who becomes embroiled in the conflicting paradigms of xenophobia and diplomacy when the elusive beings reveal their presence. The story unfolds as Markham Gray becomes the first human to communicate with an alien species, only to discover that they are tiny descendants of terrestrial life, having developed advanced intelligence while remaining hidden from humanity. As Gray seeks to understand their intentions, the military, driven by fear and a desire for dominance, resolves to annihilate the alien presence, viewing them as a potential enemy rather than a possible ally. Throughout the novel, Gray wrestles with the moral implications of humanity's instinct to eliminate perceived threats, building towards a compelling commentary on the nature of human interaction with other intelligent life and the risks of perpetuating cycles of hostility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40954/40954-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 52323 52328 2024-10-17T09:32:25.997385 2023-09-18T04:16:38.447177 text/html text/html 48822 2012-10-06T06:20:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162478 2012-10-06T06:20:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 176879 2024-10-17T09:32:28.004390 application/epub+zip 175782 2024-10-17T09:32:26.518386 application/epub+zip 74245 2024-10-17T09:32:26.245376 application/epub+zip 212949 2024-10-17T09:32:29.291439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205487 2024-10-17T09:32:27.733361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104237 2022-09-18T17:41:19.216422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44444 44349 2024-10-17T09:32:25.852433 2023-09-18T04:16:38.324174 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 44272 2012-10-06T06:20:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17202 2012-10-06T06:20:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20318 2024-10-17T09:32:29.486390 application/rdf+xml 23556 2024-10-17T09:32:26.316384 image/jpeg 4386 2024-10-17T09:32:26.280387 image/jpeg 163365 2024-10-17T09:32:26.008378 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