Project Gutenberg 2005-11-20 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 218 Doctorow, Cory 1971 Craphound "Craphound" by Cory Doctorow is a science fiction short story that forms part of a collection titled "A Place So Foreign and Eight More," published in the early 2000s. The narrative unfolds within a contemporary setting and explores the relationship between humans and aliens, examining themes of ownership, value, and cultural appreciation, especially through the lens of thrift store culture and the quirks of society. The story follows Jerry, a picker who scavenges through yard sales and rummage sales for collectible items, who becomes entangled with Craphound, an alien with an uncanny ability to find beauty in seemingly worthless junk. Their budding friendship intensifies during a bidding war over a remarkable cowboy trunk filled with nostalgic treasures. As Craphound's alien background is revealed, so too is the deeper connection that objects from the past have to personal and collective memory. Ultimately, the narrative culminates in a poignant realization about value, identity, and the resonance of artifacts across cultures, leaving Jerry and readers with a newfound understanding of what truly constitutes treasure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: American Literature 94692 2025-06-07T10:38:24.296779 text/html 94513 2025-01-15T23:21:23.184637 text/html 100468 2025-06-07T10:38:28.837776 application/epub+zip 99376 2025-06-07T10:38:26.036798 application/epub+zip 99376 2025-06-07T10:38:24.903793 application/epub+zip 174690 2025-06-07T10:38:30.787752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167525 2025-06-07T10:38:28.175791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136669 2022-09-08T08:53:21.812399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78350 2025-06-07T10:38:24.029796 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77833 2020-12-12T20:55:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31294 2020-12-12T20:55:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17093 2025-06-07T10:38:30.921769 application/rdf+xml 10757 2025-06-07T10:38:25.458766 image/jpeg 2911 2025-06-07T10:38:25.183775 image/jpeg 99444 2025-06-07T10:38:24.310789 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia