Project Gutenberg 2010-06-03 Public domain in the USA. 96 Ludwig, Edward W. 1920 1990 Ludwig, Edward William Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly The Holes and John Smith Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Holes and John Smith" by Edward W. Ludwig is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century. Set in a futuristic Martian environment, the story revolves around a struggling band in a cocktail lounge who encounter a mysterious and enigmatic musician named John Smith. The narrative explores themes of music, time travel, and the peculiarities of existence, ultimately conveying the complexity of human experience through whimsical yet profound dialog. In the story, the band led by Jimmie Stanley is facing the threat of job loss due to the absence of their bass player. Their fate changes when John Smith arrives with an ancient instrument called a Zloomph. His playing transforms the atmosphere of the lounge, drawing in an audience and capturing the attention of their critical manager. However, as the narrative unfolds, it is revealed that John is obsessed with finding a specific "hole" that he believes will return him to his rightful time dimension after he accidentally fell through it. Despite his musical talent and the applause he receives, John's quest to return home ultimately leads to his mysterious disappearance, leaving the band grappling with the loss of their best player and the void he left behind. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32667/32667-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Musicians -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49194 49196 2024-10-14T04:13:22.317320 2023-09-14T09:05:38.789964 text/html text/html 45565 2010-06-03T05:20:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 345523 2010-06-03T05:20:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 124010 2024-10-14T04:13:24.294291 application/epub+zip 122893 2024-10-14T04:13:22.783392 application/epub+zip 78861 2024-10-14T04:13:22.511307 application/epub+zip 263692 2024-10-14T04:13:25.616306 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256234 2024-10-14T04:13:24.022288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108471 2022-09-15T05:44:47.396274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41545 41463 2024-10-14T04:13:22.056324 2023-09-14T09:05:38.648859 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 41382 2010-06-03T05:20:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16504 2010-06-03T05:20:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20963 2024-10-14T04:13:25.744275 application/rdf+xml 25511 2024-10-14T04:13:22.581304 image/jpeg 4312 2024-10-14T04:13:22.546308 image/jpeg 357912 2024-10-14T04:13:22.330324 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