Project Gutenberg 2009-08-15 Public domain in the USA. 131 Bond, Nelson S. 1908 2006 Bond, Nelson Slade Bond, Nelson Danzell, George Lighter Than You Think Produced from Fantastic Universe August 1957. Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Lighter Than You Think" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the character Pat Pending, an eccentric inventor whose latest creation promises to revolutionize the concept of weight and gravity. With a lively and humorous narrative, the book explores themes of innovation and the absurdities of bureaucracy and romance within the context of an imaginative fictional world. In the story, Pat Pending introduces his remarkable invention, a baton-like device he calls a "lightening rod" that allows users to alter their weight at will. The protagonist, Don Mallory, and his secretary, Joyce, find themselves unexpectedly swept into a scheme to use the invention to cheat at horse racing. As they plan to enter a horse named Tapwater in a critical race, they encounter obstacles and misunderstandings but ultimately achieve success when Tapwater wins amid much excitement. However, chaos ensues when Don’s suitcase, containing all their winnings and Pat's invention, takes off into the sky due to the settings of the lightening rod, leaving them in a humorous yet precarious situation. The story cleverly blends comedic elements with a lighthearted exploration of human folly and inventive spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 53434 53314 2025-03-12T09:28:17.816341 2023-09-13T07:29:41.303246 text/html text/html 49755 2009-08-15T08:55:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131224 2009-08-15T08:55:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203311 2025-03-12T09:28:23.287501 application/epub+zip 201668 2025-03-12T09:28:20.805367 application/epub+zip 80071 2025-03-12T09:28:19.455374 application/epub+zip 307592 2025-03-12T09:28:25.143439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299307 2025-03-12T09:28:22.560380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146125 2022-09-13T16:41:13.415465 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46175 46075 2025-03-12T09:28:17.518354 2023-09-13T07:29:41.101253 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 46084 2009-08-15T08:55:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18741 2009-08-15T08:55:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20437 2025-03-12T09:28:25.282339 application/rdf+xml 13846 2025-03-12T09:28:20.005331 image/jpeg 3825 2025-03-12T09:28:19.727362 image/jpeg 202029 2025-03-12T09:28:17.827367 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