Project Gutenberg 2016-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 108 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Rosenbaum, Harry If You Was a Moklin Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "If You Was a Moklin" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative takes place on the fictional planet Moklin, where humans have been interacting with an intelligent alien species known as the Moklins for over forty years. The central theme involves the complexities of identity, adaptation, and competition between humans and Moklins in the realm of trade and societal norms. The story follows Joe Brinkley, an employee at a human trading post on Moklin, and his colleague Brooks, as they deal with the unexpected challenges posed by a competitive trading post that appears to mimic their goods. The tension escalates when Inspector Caldwell arrives to investigate these business activities, leading the characters to discover that Moklins, initially perceived as friendly and inferior beings, have started producing offspring that closely resemble humans. This revelation stirs fears about Moklins potentially assimilating into human society, threatening their place in the universe. In the end, the humans on Moklin decide to abandon the planet, leading Brinkley to contemplate returning to Moklin to seek out a Moklin companion, reflecting the deep connections formed between the two species. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Trading posts -- Fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 74233 74237 2024-09-21T13:51:24.313860 2023-09-22T10:44:21.819701 text/html text/html 70661 2016-04-13T15:08:54 text/html; charset=us-ascii 285137 2016-04-13T15:08:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 315246 2024-09-21T13:51:26.340835 application/epub+zip 314169 2024-09-21T13:51:24.715851 application/epub+zip 91687 2024-09-21T13:51:24.497838 application/epub+zip 356156 2024-09-21T13:51:27.759837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348146 2024-09-21T13:51:26.119855 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126299 2022-09-23T14:52:45.803550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66688 66593 2024-09-21T13:51:24.153861 2023-09-22T10:44:21.617704 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66592 2016-04-13T15:08:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25140 2016-04-13T15:08:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19992 2024-09-21T13:51:27.888819 application/rdf+xml 25456 2024-09-21T13:51:24.563837 image/jpeg 4422 2024-09-21T13:51:24.530839 image/jpeg 286242 2024-09-21T13:51:24.331866 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