Project Hush

by William Tenn, Philip Klass

HardPress Classic Books Series

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

20 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 1954

About the author

William Tenn is the pseudonym of Philip Klass. He was born in London on May 9, 1920, and emigrated to the United States with his parents before his second birthday. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After serving in the United States Army as a combat engineer in Europe, he held a job as a technical editor with an Air Force radar and radio laboratory and was employed by Bell Labs.

He began writing in 1945 and wrote academic articles, essays, two novels, and more than 60 short stories.

His first story, 'Alexander the Bait' was published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1946. Stories like 'Down Among the Dead Men', 'The Liberation of Earth', and 'The Custodian' quickly established him as a fine, funny, and thoughtful satirist.

Tenn is best-known as a satirist, and by works such as "On Venus Have We Got a Rabbi" and "Of Men and Monsters."

His stories and articles were widely anthologized, a number of them in best-of-the-year collections. From 1966, he was a Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University, where he taught, among other things, a popular course on science fiction.

In 1999, he was honored as Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America at their annual Nebula Awards Banquet.



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Reviews

[Federico DN · Rating 2 out of 5]

Race you.

There a top secret mission brewing in the US Army, so secret very few key people know about it. In the ever escalating race in defense and warfare, a shuttle is secretly and urgently sent to the moon to establish the first permanent military base, to launch and intercept rockets. But against all predictions, and despite all possible training, no one was prepared to face what they found.

You know? This kinda resembles the ever so infamous miscommunication trope, army style. Not bad, amusing. Just not that much, and just not my jam either. But the point is clear.



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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1954] [10p] [Sci-Fi] [1.5] [Not Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ 50 Short Science Fiction Tales <--

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Carrera.

Se está gestando una misión ultrasecreta en el Ejército de los EEUU., por lo que sólo muy poca gente clave la conoce. En la cada vez mayor escalante carrera militar en defensa y guerra, se envía secreta y urgentemente un transbordador a la luna para establecer la primera base militar permanente, para lanzar e interceptar cohetes. Pero contra todas las predicciones, y a pesar de todo entrenamiento posible, nadie estaba preparado para afrontar lo que encontraron.

¿Sabes? Esto se parece un poco al siempre tan infame tropo de la falta de comunicación, estilo militar. Nada mal, divertido. Simplemente no tanto, y tampoco mucho de mi gusto. Pero el punto es claro.



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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1954] [10p] [Ciencia Ficción] [1.5] [No Recomendable]
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[Talia · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a bizarre little short story. The main character is mildly racist, but that isn’t prompted as a good thing… so I suppose the story is alright. Definitely for a different kind of humor as mine. I would classify this as a comedy

[Phil Giunta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Project Hush is a top secret U.S. military operation to establish a base on the lunar surface before any other country. Upon arrival on the moon, however, the team discovers a domed habitat and sets out to determine if the occupants are human or alien.

[Jessica George · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but very well written. Love it.

[zero · Rating 3 out of 5]

not sure of it was just the audiobook voice, but reminded me a lot of the Tommyknockers by King

[MollyK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Put a smile on my face anyway.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook.

[Antonio T]

Too much security brings about its own issues.

[Jaipal · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a very short story about a secret project to build a base on the moon. It's so secret that it's a good (not) example of government rivalry, secrecy, and planning. The end is ironic.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice science fiction space story on security.

[Chris Aldridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

11/20 20 mins. Part of LibriVox Audiobook “Short SF Collection Vol. 058”. Well narrated by Dan Grozinski dg73. Loved this short expose of military intelligence!

[Forked Radish · Rating 2 out of 5]

A comic strip expanded into short story length.

[Ely Lombardi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story kind of has Futurama energy when it’s honestly a pretty good sci-fi premise and a pretty good laugh. It’s nothing life changing, but i can definitely think of much worse things to spend 15 minutes reading

[Akita Alvarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick Read

Not really my cup of tea but I can't say I hated it! I only started to read it because I'm looking for more science fiction to read and it was super quick to skim down. I wish it were longer but I understand that's the point. For the most part I think I was just confused about what was going on but I think the point went right over my head. I did enjoy the writing style though

[Ralph McEwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very short story that is a enjoyable fun tale with a good twist at the end.
The narrator is well spoken and conveys emotion well, but has a strong sibilant S in his speech. The recording is clear with no background noise.