Project Gutenberg 2013-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 201 Wilson, Richard 1920 1987 Wilson, Dick Halibut, Edward And Then the Town Took Off Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "And Then the Town Took Off" by Richard Wilson is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story centers around the town of Superior, Ohio, which unexpectedly rises into the sky, leaving behind chaos and confusion for its residents. The protagonist, Don Cort, finds himself trapped in this airborne town and must navigate a bizarre situation filled with eccentric townspeople, including a crackpot professor who may hold the key to their predicament. The opening of the novel introduces the shocking and surreal event of Superior lifting off the ground, setting a mysterious and humorous tone. The narrative starts with the shock from a truck driver, who discovers the town missing, leading to a chain of events that includes the involvement of the military and local authorities. As the townspeople adapt to their new reality, Cort must confront the challenges of being stranded while unraveling the scientific absurdities behind their levitation, all while developing interrelationships with various intriguing characters, including the mayor and the professor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42111/42111-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Ohio -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 248228 2025-08-17T06:15:33.739758 text/html 228168 2024-10-23T14:09:52 text/html 236606 2025-08-17T06:15:37.745762 application/epub+zip 239474 2025-08-17T06:15:34.380807 application/epub+zip 158876 2025-08-17T06:15:34.055773 application/epub+zip 332933 2025-08-17T06:15:40.406732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316233 2025-08-17T06:15:37.431776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235763 2022-09-19T09:10:18.337549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231293 2025-08-17T06:15:33.057807 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 211452 2024-10-23T14:09:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17724 2025-08-17T06:15:40.541729 application/rdf+xml 31568 2025-08-17T06:15:34.134744 image/jpeg 4941 2025-08-17T06:15:34.095843 image/jpeg 227474 2025-08-17T06:15:33.764742 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