Project Gutenberg 2010-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 62 Fearing, Vern Sharp, Henry Sharp, H. The Sloths of Kruvny Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Sloths of Kruvny" by Vern Fearing is a satirical science fiction story published in the early 1950s. This humorous narrative explores the absurdities of space travel and the interactions between Earth and an unusual alien civilization known as the Sloths of Kruvny. The book touches on themes of war, diplomacy, and the unexpected outcomes of human nature in the face of cosmic challenges. The story follows the overweight and seemingly inept Bradley Broadshoulders (Brad) as he embarks on a mission in the galaxy with his quirky companion Ugh. Their journey takes a turn when they discover Kruvny, a planet inhabited by slothful beings who are at odds with a rival faction, the Sidemen, driving them to insanity with their incessant saxophone playing. As Brad and Ugh interact with the amusingly ineffectual leadership of the High Kruv, they concoct a plan to address the absurd situation. Ultimately, they face the comical realization that their home planet, Earth, has been destroyed while they were away, leading to a uniquely humorous reflection on the nature of existence and responsibilities as they ponder their uncertain future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31737/31737-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Humorous stories PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 43020 43013 2024-10-13T12:34:30.904422 2023-09-14T05:53:22.184546 text/html text/html 39200 2021-01-06T08:39:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 151174 2021-01-06T08:39:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 151303 2024-10-13T12:34:32.692334 application/epub+zip 150237 2024-10-13T12:34:31.280339 application/epub+zip 65188 2024-10-13T12:34:31.077578 application/epub+zip 181622 2024-10-13T12:34:33.949333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175604 2024-10-13T12:34:32.486384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91163 2022-09-14T14:35:56.238000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36067 35963 2024-10-13T12:34:30.776350 2023-09-14T05:53:22.070547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 35942 2021-01-06T08:39:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14522 2021-01-06T08:39:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20120 2024-10-13T12:34:34.079336 application/rdf+xml 31158 2024-10-13T12:34:31.141332 image/jpeg 4974 2024-10-13T12:34:31.109353 image/jpeg 154029 2024-10-13T12:34:30.918354 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