02346cam a22003853u 4500 63889 UtSlPG 20260610134454.0 m cr n 260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Howard, Hayden, 1925-2014 The Luminous Blonde Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2020 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Planet Stories November 1952 Release date is 2020-11-27 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Luminous Blonde" by Hayden Howard is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of personal relationships and the complexities of human interactions in a futuristic setting, particularly focusing on the dynamics between a husband and wife during a space voyage to Mars. In the narrative, newly appointed Commissioner for Economics for Mars, J. Edwin Elbert, finds himself in a tense and tumultuous situation aboard a spaceship. As the ship prepares for a crucial separation, Elbert grapples with both the operational aspects of the journey and his personal insecurities regarding his attractive and much younger wife, Landa. Their relationship is strained by jealousy and miscommunication, culminating in a panic when Elbert realizes his wife could be in danger as the spaceship prepares to split for their forty-two-day journey. The novel captures the absurdities of space travel while delving into the emotional undercurrents of a couple's interactions, showcasing both humor and tension against a science fiction backdrop. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Space travelers -- Fiction Spouses -- Fiction Freas, Kelly, 1922-2005 Produced from Planet Stories November 1952 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63889 104713 104713