Project Gutenberg 2016-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 116 Robinson, Frank M. 1926 2014 Robinson, Frank Malcolm Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The Girls From Earth Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Girls From Earth" by Frank M. Robinson is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The book brazenly explores themes of gender ratios in colonization and the complexities of human relationships across different worlds. It revolves around the unique and complicated situation where the male-dominated colonization of other planets has resulted in a dire need to arrange marriages between men on one planet and women from Earth, prompting questions about identity, cultural expectations, and the traditional notions of partnership. The storyline follows colonists Karl Allen and Joseph Hill as they anticipate the arrival of women from Earth, whom they are matched with through a lottery system due to the overwhelming male population at their colony. As they navigate their personal desires and societal pressures, we are introduced to the women themselves—each with their own reasons for migrating, whether escaping societal pressures or crime. The narrative reveals their struggles to adapt to their new lives and the often stark realities that contrast with the romanticized notions they held about frontier life. Ultimately, the book offers a thought-provoking commentary on the intersections of duty, desire, and survival in the face of a very human need for connection, all set against the backdrop of a speculative future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 70919 2025-06-20T14:39:28.181184 text/html 47327 2024-10-23T00:05:18 text/html 466674 2025-06-20T14:39:30.491155 application/epub+zip 466193 2025-06-20T14:39:28.694271 application/epub+zip 94895 2025-06-20T14:39:28.392198 application/epub+zip 507031 2025-06-20T14:39:32.008177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499948 2025-06-20T14:39:30.240252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129309 2022-09-23T10:40:59.098662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62531 2023-09-22T08:52:38.568278 text/plain 42703 2024-10-23T00:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17569 2025-06-20T14:39:32.202220 application/rdf+xml 25914 2025-06-20T14:39:28.497206 image/jpeg 4664 2025-06-20T14:39:28.442209 image/jpeg 415034 2025-06-20T14:39:28.205165 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