Project Gutenberg 2021-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 65 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt The Thing in the Truck Reading ease score: 95.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Thing in the Truck" by Darius John Granger is a science fiction tale written in the mid-20th century. The story takes place predominantly in the context of a trucking journey, embodying themes of mystery and the unknown as the protagonist uncovers a bizarre and possibly supernatural event involving a truckload of potatoes that turns into something sinister. The book explores notions of perception, reality, and otherworldly influences in a captivating narrative. The plot follows Harry Loftus and his driving partner, Joe, as they unknowingly transport a mysterious load after picking up a seemingly harmless shipment of potatoes. As the journey unfolds, strange occurrences escalate, revealing that the potatoes—and indeed everything around them—are connected to an alien presence that has taken over. The narrative quickly shifts from humor and camaraderie to a tense and surreal confrontation with the bizarre, as Harry finds himself facing danger from Joe and a seductive woman, both of whom are not quite themselves. As the story reaches its climax, Harry grapples with a nightmarish scenario that culminates in a shocking transformation involving the truck, leading to a haunting conclusion questioning his own fate amid this otherworldly chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Truck drivers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 50630 50633 2024-09-27T06:26:09.981242 2023-09-28T06:45:36.180720 text/html text/html 50775 2021-06-23T06:41:09 text/html 519343 2024-09-27T06:26:11.790245 application/epub+zip 518269 2024-09-27T06:26:10.370236 application/epub+zip 85678 2024-09-27T06:26:10.158247 application/epub+zip 553388 2024-09-27T06:26:13.068243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546383 2024-09-27T06:26:11.588270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114154 2022-09-29T14:43:09.034998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44248 44276 2024-09-27T06:26:09.832255 2023-09-28T06:45:36.054724 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 44022 2021-06-23T06:41:09 text/plain; charset=utf-8 19335 2024-09-27T06:26:13.205221 application/rdf+xml 26024 2024-09-27T06:26:10.240254 image/jpeg 4534 2024-09-27T06:26:10.197249 image/jpeg 474428 2024-09-27T06:26:09.994281 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