Project Gutenberg 2009-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 88 Herbert, Frank 1920 1986 Herbert, Franklin Patrick, Jr. Old Rambling House Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Old Rambling House" by Frank Herbert is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative focuses on the experience of Ted and Martha Graham, a couple seeking a new home. Their desire for a stable abode transforms into a surreal ordeal when they find themselves entangled in a bizarre and unsettling situation after attempting to trade their trailer for what seems to be an extravagant house. The story unfolds as the Grahams meet the mysterious Clint Rush and his wife, who offer them their seemingly luxurious home in an unusual trade. As they explore the house, they are confronted by strange occurrences and an unsettling sense of being manipulated. They soon discover that they have inadvertently become part of the machinations of an alien species, the Rojac, who have abducted them for their own purposes. Ted, identified as a tax accountant, finds himself thrust into a role he intends to resist, especially concerning the fate of their unborn child, raising questions about autonomy, family, and the nature of home. The plot culminates in a tense revelation, revealing a deeper commentary on the concepts of belonging and the potential sacrifices for the greater good. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 42600 42607 2024-10-12T15:53:23.330330 2023-09-13T06:46:36.420452 text/html text/html 38856 2021-01-05T08:47:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 164562 2021-01-05T08:47:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 235965 2024-10-12T15:53:28.627301 application/epub+zip 234397 2024-10-12T15:53:26.208305 application/epub+zip 78222 2024-10-12T15:53:24.969315 application/epub+zip 361351 2024-10-12T15:53:30.566273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353490 2024-10-12T15:53:27.833305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148542 2022-09-13T15:38:37.423910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35692 35591 2024-10-12T15:53:23.028333 2023-09-13T06:46:36.228455 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 35529 2021-01-05T08:47:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13772 2021-01-05T08:47:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20072 2024-10-12T15:53:30.695281 application/rdf+xml 13843 2024-10-12T15:53:25.523316 image/jpeg 3559 2024-10-12T15:53:25.243306 image/jpeg 233184 2024-10-12T15:53:23.345325 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