02260cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000220011324500160013526400510015130000470020233600260024933700260027533800360030149000470033750000310038450801140041552011520052953400450168165300200172665300180174665300390176483000470180385600430185099900170189328646UtSlPG20260610133644.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aStopher, Chas. A.10aSolar Stiff 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Planet Stories January 1954.  aRelease date is 2009-04-30  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"Solar Stiff" by Chas. A. Stopher is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around themes of alien exploration and cultural misunderstandings, focusing particularly on the interactions between Mercurians and Earth creatures. The story is set against a backdrop of futuristic space travel and offers a humorous take on the scientific endeavors of its characters.  The tale centers on Probos Five, a Mercurian who is on a mission to capture various Earth creatures for scientific study, believing they may help solve food shortages on his home planet. As he pilots his malfunctioning spacecraft towards Earth, he reflects on his family and the challenges of capturing the beings he aims to study, which humorously include the absurdities arising from his cultural misunderstandings. Ultimately, his well-laid plans are thwarted as his ship crashes into the Polar regions of Earth, leading to a humorous conclusion where locals mistake him for a totem pole, adding a satirical twist to his misadventures in the wondrous yet treacherous realities of Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aExtraterrestrial beings -- Fiction 0aProduced from Planet Stories January 1954.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28646  c69554d69554