Project Gutenberg 2007-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 161 Harrison, Harry 1925 2012 Dempsey, Henry Maxwell Harrison, Henry Maxwell The Repairman Produced from Galaxy February 1958. Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Susan Carr and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Repairman" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. This work follows an interstellar trouble-shooting mechanic, tasked with the daunting job of repairing an ancient and complicated Mark III hyperspace beacon located on a distant planet. The story explores themes of adventure, cultural misunderstandings, and the challenges of navigating interspecies communication and cooperation. The protagonist, a seasoned repairman known as the Old Man’s trouble-shooter, finds himself reluctantly assigned to fix the malfunctioning beacon, which is wrapped in a mysterious, ancient stone pyramid inhabited by the native reptilian Centaurians. As he unfurls the history of the beacon and its impact on the local species, he devises a covert plan to communicate and negotiate with the Centaurians without inciting hostility. Using ingenious tactics, such as donning a disguise and leveraging the local culture, he manages to restore the beacon while ensuring the natives are placated, ultimately securing a win-win resolution. The story combines humor, ingenuity, and social commentary, making it a captivating read for fans of speculative fiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 57378 57381 2024-10-09T13:32:55.113724 2023-09-10T05:20:16.614351 text/html text/html 54469 2021-01-02T19:51:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 64739 2021-01-02T19:51:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126249 2024-10-09T13:32:59.173711 application/epub+zip 125119 2024-10-09T13:32:56.904704 application/epub+zip 80629 2024-10-09T13:32:55.682722 application/epub+zip 197357 2024-10-09T13:33:00.909683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190562 2024-10-09T13:32:58.543707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117382 2022-09-10T10:57:12.439900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50989 50894 2024-10-09T13:32:54.832891 2023-09-10T05:20:16.416321 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 50884 2021-01-02T19:51:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20004 2021-01-02T19:51:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20473 2024-10-09T13:33:01.033688 application/rdf+xml 10697 2024-10-09T13:32:56.224706 image/jpeg 2870 2024-10-09T13:32:55.952866 image/jpeg 122500 2024-10-09T13:32:55.122735 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia