Project Gutenberg 2009-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 84 Stopher, Chas. A. Stopher, Charles A. Solar Stiff Produced from Planet Stories January 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Solar Stiff" by Chas. A. Stopher is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around themes of alien exploration and cultural misunderstandings, focusing particularly on the interactions between Mercurians and Earth creatures. The story is set against a backdrop of futuristic space travel and offers a humorous take on the scientific endeavors of its characters. The tale centers on Probos Five, a Mercurian who is on a mission to capture various Earth creatures for scientific study, believing they may help solve food shortages on his home planet. As he pilots his malfunctioning spacecraft towards Earth, he reflects on his family and the challenges of capturing the beings he aims to study, which humorously include the absurdities arising from his cultural misunderstandings. Ultimately, his well-laid plans are thwarted as his ship crashes into the Polar regions of Earth, leading to a humorous conclusion where locals mistake him for a totem pole, adding a satirical twist to his misadventures in the wondrous yet treacherous realities of Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 37650 2025-07-12T03:41:36.055539 text/html 33469 2021-01-05T00:42:18 text/html 82081 2025-07-12T03:41:39.528526 application/epub+zip 80879 2025-07-12T03:41:37.603520 application/epub+zip 80879 2025-07-12T03:41:36.602525 application/epub+zip 153397 2025-07-12T03:41:40.959521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146707 2025-07-12T03:41:38.934524 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116838 2022-09-13T10:23:45.583274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31861 2025-07-12T03:41:35.844537 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31742 2021-01-05T00:42:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31741 2021-01-05T00:42:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21527 2025-07-12T03:41:41.084533 application/rdf+xml 11781 2025-07-12T03:41:37.077524 image/jpeg 3201 2025-07-12T03:41:36.838523 image/jpeg 12124 2021-01-05T00:42:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 13059 2021-01-05T00:42:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 12108 2021-01-05T00:42:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 79532 2025-07-12T03:41:36.060521 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