The Dancers by Margaret St. Clair

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.html.images 34 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.epub3.images 234 kB Send
to
kindle
email:
EPUB (older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.epub.images 233 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.epub.noimages 66 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.kf8.images 264 kB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.kindle.images 257 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/64007.txt.utf-8 29 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/64007/pg64007-h.zip 255 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author St. Clair, Margaret, 1911-1995
Title The Dancers
Note Reading ease score: 87.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Summary "The Dancers" by Wilton Hazzard is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of humanity, knowledge, and the consequences of actions in a new world following the demise of Earth. It follows a group of astronauts who land on a new planet and grapple with the ethical implications of their first contact with a primitive humanoid species, ultimately leading them to ponder deeper existential questions about the nature of knowledge and the human connection to the cosmos. The plot centers around Rossiter and Bernard, two crew members of the spaceship "Elpis", who reflect on the violent encounter they had with the planet's native inhabitants. Their initial shock and guilt over killing five primitives - a woman, a baby, and three men - lead to discussions about loss, memory, and the potential for unintended consequences of their actions. As they delve into their conscience, Rossiter proposes a thought-provoking idea: that throughout history, humanity's collective rituals and dances may have played a crucial role in the natural order of the universe, including the rising of the sun. This notion brings a sense of irony and heaviness as they realize that in their quest for knowledge and civilization, they may have severed a vital connection that influenced the cosmos, prompting readers to reflect on the nature of belief, culture, and humanity's legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject Life on other planets -- Fiction
Subject Interstellar travel -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 64007
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 57 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!
iBiblio