Project Gutenberg 2016-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 103 Lafferty, R. A. 1914 2002 Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally The Weirdest World Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Weirdest World" by R. A. Lafferty is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative centers around an unnamed space traveler who, after suffering a demoralizing degradation of authority among his crew, becomes marooned on a strange, alien world characterized by bizarre, myopic inhabitants. The story explores themes of identity, companionship, and the absurdities of existence through the experiences of its protagonist in a new, hostile environment. In this surreal tale, the protagonist encounters a variety of quirky creatures, including giant, bumbling grubs who possess a simplistic worldview and a group of flighty, unintelligent birds. Initially taken captive by the grubs and later sold to a local attraction as a “talking blob,” he experiences the highs of popularity, romantic interest from a grub named Margaret, and eventual fortune through gambling. However, his ascent to success is followed by a swift downturn as systemic prejudice results in his ostracization and loss of status, leading him to reflect on the transient nature of friendship and the human conditions of greed and disillusionment. Ultimately, he resigns himself to solitude in a world that was once again full of hope but has turned cruel and indifferent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Florida -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 59580 59585 2024-09-21T13:57:52.508893 2023-09-22T10:50:00.307611 text/html text/html 56209 2016-04-16T19:53:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 340226 2016-04-16T19:53:40 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 377346 2024-09-21T13:57:54.455838 application/epub+zip 376283 2024-09-21T13:57:52.930850 application/epub+zip 89463 2024-09-21T13:57:52.694858 application/epub+zip 414107 2024-09-21T13:57:55.764836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406882 2024-09-21T13:57:54.238840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120495 2022-09-23T15:06:43.181531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52147 52052 2024-09-21T13:57:52.335865 2023-09-22T10:50:00.157538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52380 2016-04-16T19:53:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20309 2016-04-16T19:53:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20032 2024-09-21T13:57:55.892830 application/rdf+xml 21110 2024-09-21T13:57:52.767847 image/jpeg 3846 2024-09-21T13:57:52.728846 image/jpeg 341054 2024-09-21T13:57:52.526861 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 en.wikipedia