02753cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500320014326400510017530000470022633600260027333700260029933800360032549000420036150000310040350800960043452014640053053400450199465300200203965300370205965300410209665300270213765300270216465300310219170000290222283000420225185600430229399900190233664516UtSlPG20260610134504.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aCurtis, Betsy,d1917-200210aTemptress of Planet Delight 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Planet Stories May 1953  aRelease date is 2021-02-10  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Temptress of Planet Delight" by Betsy Curtis is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story centers on Captain Herl Hofner, a trader from Galactic Coordination, as he arrives on the planet Delight, which has been recently cleaned up from its past issues and renamed from Geescow. The opening introduces a blend of Galactic bureaucracy, the struggles of colonization, and hints at an underlying tension around the Eyefers, a population that embodies a societal burden, which sets the stage for an exploration of this unique civilization.  At the start of the book, Captain Herl Hofner is navigating the complexities of interplanetary bureaucracy as he prepares to land on Delight. He encounters the friendly yet perplexed local port control staff, who inform him of the various regulations he must adhere to during his visit. As Herl adjusts to the planet, he learns about its unique inhabitants, the Eyefers, whose forgetfulness has led them to be viewed as societal outcasts. A sense of anticipation builds when Herl meets a mysterious girl wrapped in a golden haze in a waiting area, foreshadowing deeper connections to the planet and underscoring themes of beauty, societal structure, and individual responsibility within a complex political landscape. This initial setup leaves readers curious about Herl's journey and the fate of the inhabitants of Planet Delight amidst brewing conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aLife on other planets -- Fiction  aTraveling sales personnel -- Fiction  aRevolutions -- Fiction  aBureaucracy -- Fiction  aHuman evolution -- Fiction1 aFreas, Kelly,d1922-2005 0aProduced from Planet Stories May 195340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64516  c105339d105339