Project Gutenberg 2007-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 165 Lafferty, R. A. 1914 2002 Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius Ritter, Bob Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas Produced by Greg Weeks, V. L. Simpson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas" by R. A. Lafferty is a surreal and humorous novel written in the late 20th century. This work combines elements of fantastical storytelling and social commentary, exploring the quirks of human nature and the absurdities of bureaucratic systems. The narrative centers around the unlikely experiences of a census taker named Manuel, whose misinterpretation of his assignment leads to unexpected and chaotic consequences. The story unfolds as Manuel, a rather unconventional census taker with a penchant for humorous misunderstanding, takes on the task of counting not just the people but various creatures, including mythical "little people," in an area known as Sodom. His humorous misjudgment results in a comically exaggerated census filled with named creatures that do not adhere to conventional definitions. As the plot progresses, Manuel becomes embroiled in events that challenge perception and reality, leading to a crisis in a nearby town when the population surges on paper but is nonexistent in reality. The whimsical narrative culminates in disaster, humorously critiquing human misunderstanding, the nature of bureaucracy, and the interplay between fantasy and reality in everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fantasy fiction Demographic surveys -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 41194 2025-08-09T13:57:24.637629 text/html 37309 2007-10-24T07:35:18 text/html 188828 2025-08-09T13:57:29.694608 application/epub+zip 187653 2025-08-09T13:57:27.398719 application/epub+zip 72501 2025-08-09T13:57:26.220600 application/epub+zip 275073 2025-08-09T13:57:31.301585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268044 2025-08-09T13:57:28.884615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136055 2022-09-11T04:10:46.996609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34346 2025-08-09T13:57:24.352607 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34286 2007-10-24T07:35:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17355 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 2444757 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 2060939 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 68378 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 72719 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 69531 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 64010 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 65790 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 34945 2007-06-14T16:34:56 application/octet-stream 26263 2025-08-09T13:57:31.431582 application/rdf+xml 13389 2025-08-09T13:57:26.722597 image/jpeg 3790 2025-08-09T13:57:26.480598 image/jpeg 113454 2007-10-24T07:35:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 13118 2007-10-24T07:35:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 187039 2025-08-09T13:57:24.645632 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