Project Gutenberg 2008-01-11 Public domain in the USA. 258 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Gun for Hire Produced from Analog December 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Gun for Hire" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story centers on Joe Prantera, a professional hitman from the year 1960, who is transported to the far future of 2133. The book tackles themes of morality and the consequences of violence, presenting a future society that has evolved away from such concepts. The plot begins with Joe Prantera mid-assassination, only to awaken in a future unknown to him where societal norms have drastically changed. In this new world, the leaders of society are concerned about a rising dangerous figure, Howard Temple-Tracy, and they recruit Joe to eliminate him. However, Prantera finds himself grappling with the bewildering reality that this society has eliminated crime and punishment. As he learns more about this advanced society, he realizes the implications of his past actions and the challenges of adapting to a world where his skills as a gunman are both obsolete and dangerous. The climax reveals a twist as Joe uncovers ulterior motives behind his assignment, making for a thought-provoking exploration of free will, redemption, and the nature of evil. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction Assassins -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 56831 2025-06-10T06:52:51.237167 text/html 52925 2021-01-03T06:40:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 35744 2021-01-03T06:40:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 101660 2025-06-10T06:52:55.648101 application/epub+zip 100404 2025-06-10T06:52:53.084242 application/epub+zip 85721 2025-06-10T06:52:51.880189 application/epub+zip 185907 2025-06-10T06:52:57.502156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178379 2025-06-10T06:52:54.924165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114012 2022-09-11T09:00:22.459294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49226 2025-06-10T06:52:50.913154 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49122 2021-01-03T06:40:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18840 2021-01-03T06:40:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20579 2025-06-10T06:52:57.662099 application/rdf+xml 10246 2025-06-10T06:52:52.447126 image/jpeg 2868 2025-06-10T06:52:52.161155 image/jpeg 99991 2025-06-10T06:52:51.253134 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 en.wikipedia