Project Gutenberg 2015-09-06 Public domain in the USA. 114 Gunn, James E. 1923 2020 James, Edwin Gunn, James Edwin Ashman, William Ashman Ashman, Bill The Gravity Business Produced from Galaxy January 1956 Produced by Greg Weeks, Adam Buchbinder, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Gravity Business" by James E. Gunn is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the Peppergrass family, who explore a beautiful but mysterious planet with excessive gravitational pull that disrupts their spaceship's technology, particularly a gravity polarizer. The narrative intertwines themes of family dynamics, alien encounters, and the challenges of survival in an unfamiliar environment. The plot follows the four-generation Peppergrass family as they land on an alien planet, initially hoping to extract valuable heavy metals. However, they discover that the primary "heavy" element of the world is the alien creature named Fweep, a gelatinous entity that affects the gravitational forces surrounding it. As the family struggles with the consequences of being stranded on this planet and the dynamics between them and Fweep, they explore the potential for coexistence. Tensions rise, especially with Joyce, who is intent on leaving, while others, particularly Four, develop a bond with Fweep. Ultimately, a humorous twist occurs when Fweep begins to reproduce, presenting an unexpected opportunity for the Peppergrass family to leverage these newfound creatures for profit, leading to a resolution that underscores human adaptability and familial love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 68737 2025-07-20T05:35:35.357392 text/html 45246 2024-10-24T17:59:29 text/html 394910 2025-07-20T05:35:37.170373 application/epub+zip 394699 2025-07-20T05:35:35.700420 application/epub+zip 82316 2025-07-20T05:35:35.505397 application/epub+zip 435304 2025-07-20T05:35:38.431385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428778 2025-07-20T05:35:36.978433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116818 2022-09-22T14:54:51.407680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61320 2025-07-20T05:35:35.229380 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41525 2024-10-24T17:59:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18740 2025-07-20T05:35:38.551368 application/rdf+xml 27114 2025-07-20T05:35:35.573488 image/jpeg 4545 2025-07-20T05:35:35.539397 image/jpeg 358894 2025-07-20T05:35:35.373422 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