Project Gutenberg 2008-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 72 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt Llewellyn Llewellyn, William Llewellyn, Bill Llew Summer Snow Storm Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Summer Snow Storm" by Adam Chase is a novelty science fiction story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative unfolds in a modern setting where a disastrous weather anomaly occurs—snow falling in the summer—spurring an exploration of meteorology and its implications. The story delves into themes of responsibility and the unforeseen consequences of one's actions against a comedic backdrop. The plot centers around Johnny Sloman, a weatherman who accidentally predicts an impossible summer snowstorm, which catapults him into fame as a meteorological genius. After this bizarre incident, Johnny discovers that he possesses a unique power to influence the weather, leading to his rise as "The Weather Man" who can command atmospheric conditions for great profit. However, after initially enjoying his newfound celebrity and wealth, he faces a dilemma when his ex-fiancée Jo-Anne is kidnapped by enemy agents hoping to leverage his abilities for malicious purposes. The story culminates in Johnny using his powers to save Jo-Anne and prevent world conflict, highlighting the combination of comedy, adventure, and romance woven throughout his extraordinary journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Weather -- Fiction Psychic ability -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 54492 54497 2024-10-11T12:29:27.481406 2023-09-12T05:24:25.122764 text/html text/html 50884 2021-01-04T06:45:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 60441 2021-01-04T06:45:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 133188 2024-10-11T12:29:33.384397 application/epub+zip 132071 2024-10-11T12:29:30.818392 application/epub+zip 79543 2024-10-11T12:29:29.491391 application/epub+zip 307086 2024-10-11T12:29:35.149358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299684 2024-10-11T12:29:32.564363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178544 2022-09-12T12:10:29.316605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47562 47461 2024-10-11T12:29:27.017389 2023-09-12T05:24:24.922763 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 47425 2021-01-04T06:45:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18284 2021-01-04T06:45:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21265 2024-10-11T12:29:35.619349 application/rdf+xml 15640 2024-10-11T12:29:30.062393 image/jpeg 3926 2024-10-11T12:29:29.785388 image/jpeg 134826 2024-10-11T12:29:27.494389 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