The Harmonizer
Written by A. E. Van Vogt
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“The Harmonizer” is a Scifi, short story written by the Canadian Scifi author A. E. Van Vogt. It was published in several languages under the titles “Facteur D’Harmonie”, “O Harmonizador” and “De Vredestichter”. It was published in many publications such as “Astounding Science Fiction” (in the years 1944, 1945, 1966 and 1969 in several languages) and “Away And Beyond” (in the years 1952, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 etc. in different languages). This is a short story with great environmental themes.

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“The Harmonizer” is the story of a sentient plant named the Ibis.

I loved the environmental themes of this story with the main character being an Ibis plant and seeing how it influences and affects its environments. The idea of having a sentient plant that has a form of intelligence similar to people is a great touch. It is also interesting to see how the Ibis influences an entire era of life after it is dropped off on a prehistoric planet Earth.

This is not a famous short story well known but it is well worth the read.

John In k2Quill

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