Project Gutenberg 2021-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 53 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill We Run From the Hunted! Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "We Run From the Hunted!" by Darius John Granger is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. Set on Venus, the story follows two struggling hunters, Gil Roberts and Harry Conger, who operate a hunting camp named "Venus on the Half Shell." The book explores themes of survival and identity against the backdrop of an alien world filled with both exotic wildlife and mysterious dangers. The narrative begins with Gil and Harry facing financial difficulties, having yet to attract a single customer to their camp. Their fortunes shift when a wealthy sportsman, Jason Woods Stevenson, arrives, eager to hunt a legendary creature known as the Wompan. As they embark on a hunting expedition, they confront the reality that the Wompan can mimic other beings, leading to confusion and chaos. In a twist of fate, Gil is forced to confront the deadly truth behind the Wompan when it assumes the form of Stevenson and later his daughter, Ginger. The story culminates in a tense struggle for survival that forces both men to grapple with their misconceptions about hunting and the very nature of the creatures they pursue. Ultimately, they must reconcile their ambitions with the harsh realities of their circumstances on the alien planet. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Hunting stories Venus (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 55249 55269 2024-12-27T10:47:12.567773 2023-09-28T10:45:24.789861 text/html text/html 55627 2021-11-17T16:53:04 text/html 405886 2024-12-27T10:47:14.479790 application/epub+zip 404800 2024-12-27T10:47:13.008768 application/epub+zip 81831 2024-12-27T10:47:12.759779 application/epub+zip 441666 2024-12-27T10:47:15.768780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434254 2024-12-27T10:47:14.268788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111508 2022-09-30T03:58:45.771748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48523 48500 2024-12-27T10:47:12.429777 2023-09-28T10:45:24.630883 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48251 2021-11-17T16:53:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19122 2024-12-27T10:47:15.891766 application/rdf+xml 25616 2024-12-27T10:47:12.863800 image/jpeg 4617 2024-12-27T10:47:12.811781 image/jpeg 458313 2024-12-27T10:47:12.580770 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