The Earth Quarter by Damon Knight
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"The Earth Quarter" by Damon Knight is a science fiction novel published in 1961. In a future where Earth lies devastated, human expatriates struggle as second-class citizens in alien ghettos across the galaxy. When a violent faction rejects peaceful coexistence and launches a devastating campaign against alien worlds, the consequences threaten the fragile existence of all Earth's displaced people. Knight explores themes of prejudice, displacement, and humanity's darker nature through this bitterly
cynical tale of survival and retribution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Knight, Damon, 1922-2002 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990 |
| Title | The Earth Quarter |
| Series Title | Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1955 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Saboteurs |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Subject | Refugees -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 58912 |
| Release Date | Feb 18, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 278 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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