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100 1 _aCurtis, Betsy,
_d1917-2002
245 1 0 _aTemptress of Planet Delight
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories May 1953
500 _aRelease date is 2021-02-10
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aLife on other planets -- Fiction
653 _aTraveling sales personnel -- Fiction
653 _aRevolutions -- Fiction
653 _aBureaucracy -- Fiction
653 _aHuman evolution -- Fiction
700 1 _aFreas, Kelly,
_d1922-2005
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories May 1953
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64516
999 _c105339
_d105339