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 Project Gutenberg 2016-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 115 Colvin, Donald The Celestial Hammerlock Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction October 1951 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Celestial Hammerlock" by Donald Colvin is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a humorous and satirical exploration of space travel and cultural clashes, as it follows the misadventures of Jed Michaels, an employee of the Interplanetary Amusement Corp., who mistakenly arrives at the wrong planetoid while leading a group of wrestlers. The book provides an engaging commentary on the nature of civilization and the concept of intellectualism versus physicality in a futuristic setting. In the narrative, Jed Michaels finds himself on Eros, an asteroid inhabited by overly refined and gentle people who value cerebral activities over physical ones. After a series of comedic misunderstandings, including being jailed and subjected to flower-infused "rehabilitation," Michaels and his wrestlers become the unlikely catalysts for change in this peaceful society. They introduce wrestling, a vigorous and entertaining activity, which eventually leads to a cultural revolution. The wrestlers charm the inhabitants of Eros, particularly the princess, Aliana, and transform the societal values through their antics, resulting in a newly embraced blend of physicality and intellectualism. The story culminates in the wrestlers establishing a thrilling new identity for Eros, symbolizing the triumph of vitality and camaraderie over idyllic calmness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Epistolary fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Wrestlers -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 46656 2025-07-20T14:16:05.845419 text/html 23031 2024-10-23T00:13:14 text/html 179329 2025-07-20T14:16:07.585427 application/epub+zip 178173 2025-07-20T14:16:06.257438 application/epub+zip 83264 2025-07-20T14:16:06.024401 application/epub+zip 214091 2025-07-20T14:16:08.815395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207416 2025-07-20T14:16:07.370407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112672 2022-09-23T13:09:33.298802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38985 2025-07-20T14:16:05.725418 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19156 2024-10-23T00:13:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18170 2025-07-20T14:16:08.936394 application/rdf+xml 22106 2025-07-20T14:16:06.094417 image/jpeg 4147 2025-07-20T14:16:06.056413 image/jpeg 161566 2025-07-20T14:16:05.855408 application/octet-stream application/zip