02332cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000520011324500140016526400510017930000470023033600260027733700260030333800360032949000470036550000310041250800960044352011400053953400450167965300200172465300180174465300270176265300290178970000310181883000470184985600430189699900190193964141UtSlPG20260610134458.0mcr n260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMarks, Winston K.q(Winston Kinney),d1915-197910aSlay-Ride 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2020  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Planet Stories November 1953  aRelease date is 2020-12-27  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Slay-Ride" by Winston K. Marks is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The story revolves around Frane Lewis, a space pirate and a ruthless triggerman, who embarks on a perilous mission through the cold expanse of space. The book delves into themes of greed, survival, and the consequences of one's actions against the backdrop of interstellar piracy.  The narrative unfolds as Frane Lewis successfully executes his heinous plan on a small space freighter, eliminating its crew to prepare for a heist. However, as the events progress, he is confronted with the reality of his choices, especially when he dons a peculiar piece of spaceman's underwear that inadvertently leads to his demise. As he navigates the ship alone, his body temperature rises dangerously due to wearing multiple layers in the inhospitable environment of space. Ultimately, he succumbs to the very elements he sought to control, trapped by his own greed and a series of miscalculations, culminating in a grim irony that highlights the harsh realities of space and the futility of his intentions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aSpace ships -- Fiction  aSpace pirates -- Fiction1 aEmshwiller, Ed,d1925-1990 0aProduced from Planet Stories November 195340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64141  c104965d104965