Project Gutenberg 2016-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 79 Harmon, Jim 1933 2010 Harmon, James Judson Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally Blueblood Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Blueblood" by Jim Harmon is a science fiction novella published in the early 1960s. The story takes place on a distant planet inhabited by two distinct humanoid races: the lighter-skinned Azures and the darker-skinned Indigos. It explores themes of racial superiority and inferiority through the perspective of a space pilot who interacts with these alien species and witnesses their societal dynamics. The narrative follows a space pilot, Johnny, along with his colleagues, Dr. Mike Ellik and Dr. Lee Chon, as they land on a peculiar planet populated by the two differing alien races. The Azures appear to hold power and social status, while the Indigos are depicted as their subservient class, leading Johnny and Ellik to speculate on the reasons for this division. As Ellik conducts a transformative surgery on an Indigo named Mhaw, turning him into an Azure, they aim to prove that the distinctions between the races stem from a medical condition rather than inherent inferiority. However, their plans go awry when Mhaw, now Aedo, rejects their help, showcasing the complexities of identity and societal roles. Ultimately, the story culminates in a bitter reflection on the nature of prejudice and the consequences of their endeavors, leaving the characters trapped in the cycle they sought to break. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 52748 52751 2024-09-21T12:52:55.433355 2023-09-22T09:51:06.063969 text/html text/html 48974 2016-03-19T16:06:34 text/html; charset=us-ascii 268769 2016-03-19T16:06:36 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 299883 2024-09-21T12:52:57.328360 application/epub+zip 298805 2024-09-21T12:52:55.829365 application/epub+zip 85269 2024-09-21T12:52:55.614338 application/epub+zip 335040 2024-09-21T12:52:58.653327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327786 2024-09-21T12:52:57.106332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114790 2022-09-23T12:55:20.374808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 45235 45140 2024-09-21T12:52:55.264352 2023-09-22T09:51:05.880967 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 45122 2016-03-19T16:06:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17468 2016-03-19T16:06:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20300 2024-09-21T12:52:58.781317 application/rdf+xml 28560 2024-09-21T12:52:55.680337 image/jpeg 4862 2024-09-21T12:52:55.646347 image/jpeg 270617 2024-09-21T12:52:55.450347 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