02433cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500140014526400510015930000470021033600260025733700260028333800360030949000380034550000310038350801250041452012810053953400450182065300200186565300180188565300280190365300200193170000100195183000380196185600430199999900170204249901UtSlPG20260610134140.0mcr n260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aSmith, Richard Rein,d1930-14aThe Snare 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2015  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Galaxy January 1956  aRelease date is 2015-09-07  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Adam Buchbinder, Mary Meehan and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Snare" by Richard R. Smith is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around a group of explorers on the Moon who encounter an enormous, alien artifact that appears to have been there for thousands of years. As they investigate, they inadvertently trigger a series of events that lead to their capture by an advanced extraterrestrial race, who intend to study them as specimens and transport them to their home planet.  The story begins when the characters, led by a narrator and accompanied by friends, stumble upon the mysterious structure on the Moon's surface. As they explore its interior, they find themselves trapped and unable to communicate with their home base. The ship's mechanical brain explains their predicament and outlines its purpose, revealing that they were deliberately entangled in the aliens' plan to gather information about humanity. The tension builds as the group struggles with fear and uncertainty, while one member devises a bold plan to outsmart the machine and return to Earth. With clever manipulations, they ultimately negotiate their way back, showcasing themes of survival, the power of intellect, and the potential consequences of curiosity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aSpace flight -- Fiction  aMoon -- Fiction1 aWeiss 0aProduced from Galaxy January 195640uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49901  c90739d90739