Project Gutenberg 2015-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 157 Smith, Richard Rein 1930 Smith, Richard R. (Richard Rein) Rein Smith, Richard Weiss The Snare 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 Snare" by Richard R. Smith is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around a group of explorers on the Moon who encounter an enormous, alien artifact that appears to have been there for thousands of years. As they investigate, they inadvertently trigger a series of events that lead to their capture by an advanced extraterrestrial race, who intend to study them as specimens and transport them to their home planet. The story begins when the characters, led by a narrator and accompanied by friends, stumble upon the mysterious structure on the Moon's surface. As they explore its interior, they find themselves trapped and unable to communicate with their home base. The ship's mechanical brain explains their predicament and outlines its purpose, revealing that they were deliberately entangled in the aliens' plan to gather information about humanity. The tension builds as the group struggles with fear and uncertainty, while one member devises a bold plan to outsmart the machine and return to Earth. With clever manipulations, they ultimately negotiate their way back, showcasing themes of survival, the power of intellect, and the potential consequences of curiosity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction Moon -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 56164 2025-06-20T05:45:33.131119 text/html 32622 2024-10-24T17:59:34 text/html 224088 2025-06-20T05:45:35.174114 application/epub+zip 222937 2025-06-20T05:45:33.578115 application/epub+zip 76646 2025-06-20T05:45:33.357138 application/epub+zip 262318 2025-06-20T05:45:36.552131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255053 2025-06-20T05:45:34.959159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109028 2022-09-22T14:55:41.562592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49158 2023-09-21T12:57:10.803254 text/plain 29433 2024-10-24T17:59:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16640 2025-06-20T05:45:36.692099 application/rdf+xml 27114 2025-06-20T05:45:33.442116 image/jpeg 4545 2025-06-20T05:45:33.400130 image/jpeg 202687 2025-06-20T05:45:33.143114 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