Work, school, and social standing

4 books

Day of the MoronH. Beam Piper · 1951A 1951 science fiction short story, first published in Astounding Science Fiction, in which engineer Scott Melroy hires a psychologist to screen workers at a nuclear power plant before an emotionally unstable "moron" triggers a catastrophic accident.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Blue TowerEvelyn E. Smith · 1955A 1955 science fiction short story by Evelyn E. Smith, "The Blue Tower" follows Ludovick Eversole, a contented poet living under the benign guardianship of mysterious alien caretakers called the Belphins, until doubts raised by his sweetheart's dissident family challenge everything he believes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Common ManMack Reynolds · 1962A 1962 science fiction story by Mack Reynolds in which three scientists track down the statistically average American man and recruit him to test a newly discovered method of invisibility.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The magnificent possessionIsaac Asimov · 1940A 1940 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov in which laboratory chemist Walter Sills discovers a way to isolate metallic ammonium, a gold-like substance with commercial promise, only to face interference from entrepreneurs, industrialists, and unstable chemistry itself.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية