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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aSmith, Richard Rein,
_d1930-
245 1 4 _aThe Snare
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Galaxy January 1956
500 _aRelease date is 2015-09-07
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Adam Buchbinder, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace flight -- Fiction
653 _aMoon -- Fiction
700 1 _aWeiss
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy January 1956
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49901
999 _c90739
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