Project Gutenberg 2009-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 66 Ellanby, Boyd Ellanbee, Boyd Ellamby, Boyd Hunter, Mel 1927 2004 Hunter Show Business Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Show Business" by Boyd Ellanby is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. Set on the Moon and Mars, the narrative humorously explores the world of interplanetary entertainment and the eccentric characters involved in it, particularly focusing on a Venusian named Dworken and his outrageous venture into showbusiness with Martian performers. The tale captures the contrast between the mundane life of travelers and the vibrant, albeit absurd, world of alien variety shows. The story follows the protagonist as he meets Dworken, who is anxiously preparing for the opening of a new show featuring Martian dancers and vaudeville acts. As Dworken shares his outlandish anecdotes about traveling through the Martian landscape in search of talent, the reader is drawn into an amusing tale replete with cultural curiosities, misunderstandings, and humorous twists about the nature of performance art. The climax reveals a farcical twist about the supposed talking animals in the act, encapsulating the story's charm in highlighting the bizarre and whimsical side of showbusiness in a science fiction setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 41684 41693 2024-09-13T04:15:51.456792 2023-09-13T09:17:41.828524 text/html text/html 37720 2009-10-06T10:12:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 279179 2009-10-06T10:12:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 328420 2024-09-13T04:15:54.782813 application/epub+zip 326993 2024-09-13T04:15:52.731791 application/epub+zip 63516 2024-09-13T04:15:51.899751 application/epub+zip 450291 2024-09-13T04:15:56.337821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442055 2024-09-13T04:15:54.173732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131804 2022-09-14T04:57:12.289681 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35108 35008 2024-09-13T04:15:51.249837 2023-09-13T09:17:41.650521 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34975 2009-10-06T10:12:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13925 2009-10-06T10:12:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19345 2024-09-13T04:15:56.473779 application/rdf+xml 11689 2024-09-13T04:15:52.228795 image/jpeg 3138 2024-09-13T04:15:52.062837 image/jpeg 329999 2024-09-13T04:15:51.470760 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 More titles under Boyd, Lyle Gifford