Project Gutenberg 2016-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 101 Laumer, Keith 1925 1993 Laumer, John Keith Laumer, Kit Ritter, Bob Doorstep Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Doorstep" by Keith Laumer is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around an unidentified massive object that has landed in a rural area, prompting military and scientific investigations. The story explores themes of misunderstanding and consequence in the face of the unknown. In "Doorstep," Brigadier General Straut is in charge of handling the mysterious object, which has provoked a mixture of fear and intrigue among his men. As he assesses the situation, an unexpected series of events leads to casualties, heightening the tension. A professor urges caution, believing that the creature within the object poses no threat, but Straut, eager for recognition and fearful for the surrounding civilians, opts for aggressive action. After a bombardment that seemingly invalidates the threat, a final communication reveals that the object is actually a plea from an extraterrestrial asking for care for its daughter, turning the perceived threat into a poignant moment of realization and regret. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Generals -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 38723 38728 2024-10-21T12:59:29.000504 2023-09-22T09:52:43.517776 text/html text/html 34783 2016-03-20T09:23:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii 182006 2016-03-20T09:23:34 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 202930 2024-10-21T12:59:30.783508 application/epub+zip 201855 2024-10-21T12:59:29.386530 application/epub+zip 76615 2024-10-21T12:59:29.179497 application/epub+zip 234789 2024-10-21T12:59:31.996514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228384 2024-10-21T12:59:30.576502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103435 2022-09-23T12:58:00.535100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32189 32094 2024-10-21T12:59:28.889497 2023-09-22T09:52:43.402777 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 32081 2016-03-20T09:23:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12370 2016-03-20T09:23:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20960 2024-10-21T12:59:32.125480 application/rdf+xml 21903 2024-10-21T12:59:29.245499 image/jpeg 4074 2024-10-21T12:59:29.212483 image/jpeg 183138 2024-10-21T12:59:29.011489 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