Project Gutenberg 2016-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 101 Smith, Phyllis Sterling Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH What is POSAT? Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "What is POSAT?" by Phyllis Sterling Smith is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. This intriguing story revolves around a mysterious secret society called POSAT, which promises its members mastery of all knowledge and solutions to life's problems. The narrative is centered around three diverse characters—Bill Evans, Elizabeth Arnable, and Donald Alford—who each respond to an advertisement for membership in POSAT, sparking their journey into an enigmatic world that blends metaphysical concepts with scientific inquiry. The plot follows Donald Alford, a research physicist, as he delves deeper into the workings of POSAT after receiving an invitation for a personal interview. Initially skeptical, Donald discovers that POSAT is not merely a typical secret society but instead a group founded by a super-genius from the Renaissance era who has been safeguarding advanced scientific knowledge for centuries. As he explores the society’s secrets, he grapples with questions surrounding human nature, morality, and the pursuit of knowledge. Ultimately, Donald’s journey leads him to confront grand ideas about the responsibilities that come with knowledge and the potential consequences of scientific advancements in a world fraught with conflict, culminating in a choice between skepticism and acceptance of this deeper truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Secret societies -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 60543 60549 2024-09-21T12:06:36.464682 2023-09-22T09:08:34.341231 text/html text/html 56842 2016-03-01T09:01:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii 285524 2016-03-01T09:01:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 314849 2024-09-21T12:06:38.374598 application/epub+zip 313791 2024-09-21T12:06:36.877576 application/epub+zip 87635 2024-09-21T12:06:36.649608 application/epub+zip 352582 2024-09-21T12:06:39.716569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345007 2024-09-21T12:06:38.158632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119301 2022-09-23T11:18:05.752327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53634 53539 2024-09-21T12:06:36.322617 2023-09-22T09:08:34.127220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 53466 2016-03-01T09:01:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20975 2016-03-01T09:01:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19500 2024-09-21T12:06:39.862565 application/rdf+xml 25456 2024-09-21T12:06:36.718598 image/jpeg 4422 2024-09-21T12:06:36.681571 image/jpeg 286680 2024-09-21T12:06:36.479609 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