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 Project Gutenberg 2015-09-06 Public domain in the USA. 69 Gunn, James E. 1923 2020 James, Edwin Gunn, James Edwin Ashman, William Ashman The Gravity Business Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Adam Buchbinder, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Gravity Business" by James E. Gunn is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the Peppergrass family, who explore a beautiful but mysterious planet with excessive gravitational pull that disrupts their spaceship's technology, particularly a gravity polarizer. The narrative intertwines themes of family dynamics, alien encounters, and the challenges of survival in an unfamiliar environment. The plot follows the four-generation Peppergrass family as they land on an alien planet, initially hoping to extract valuable heavy metals. However, they discover that the primary "heavy" element of the world is the alien creature named Fweep, a gelatinous entity that affects the gravitational forces surrounding it. As the family struggles with the consequences of being stranded on this planet and the dynamics between them and Fweep, they explore the potential for coexistence. Tensions rise, especially with Joyce, who is intent on leaving, while others, particularly Four, develop a bond with Fweep. Ultimately, a humorous twist occurs when Fweep begins to reproduce, presenting an unexpected opportunity for the Peppergrass family to leverage these newfound creatures for profit, leading to a resolution that underscores human adaptability and familial love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 68553 68559 2024-10-20T16:40:13.266316 2023-09-21T12:56:36.431956 text/html text/html 65505 2015-09-06T14:13:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii 357877 2015-09-06T14:13:26 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 394807 2024-10-20T16:40:15.408320 application/epub+zip 394695 2024-10-20T16:40:13.673355 application/epub+zip 82315 2024-10-20T16:40:13.450307 application/epub+zip 436021 2024-10-20T16:40:16.921785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428720 2024-10-20T16:40:15.188304 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116818 2022-09-22T14:54:51.407680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61409 61288 2024-10-20T16:40:13.085299 2023-09-21T12:56:36.175958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61663 2015-09-06T14:13:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 23898 2015-09-06T14:13:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21313 2024-10-20T16:40:17.058784 application/rdf+xml 27114 2024-10-20T16:40:13.524289 image/jpeg 4545 2024-10-20T16:40:13.486326 image/jpeg 358839 2024-10-20T16:40:13.290369 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia