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 2016-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 102 Lafferty, R. A. 1914 2002 Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally The Weirdest World Produced from Galaxy Magazine June 1961 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Weirdest World" by R. A. Lafferty is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative centers around an unnamed space traveler who, after suffering a demoralizing degradation of authority among his crew, becomes marooned on a strange, alien world characterized by bizarre, myopic inhabitants. The story explores themes of identity, companionship, and the absurdities of existence through the experiences of its protagonist in a new, hostile environment. In this surreal tale, the protagonist encounters a variety of quirky creatures, including giant, bumbling grubs who possess a simplistic worldview and a group of flighty, unintelligent birds. Initially taken captive by the grubs and later sold to a local attraction as a “talking blob,” he experiences the highs of popularity, romantic interest from a grub named Margaret, and eventual fortune through gambling. However, his ascent to success is followed by a swift downturn as systemic prejudice results in his ostracization and loss of status, leading him to reflect on the transient nature of friendship and the human conditions of greed and disillusionment. Ultimately, he resigns himself to solitude in a world that was once again full of hope but has turned cruel and indifferent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Florida -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 59764 2025-06-20T16:39:54.090667 text/html 36019 2024-10-23T00:21:02 text/html 377462 2025-06-20T16:39:56.418754 application/epub+zip 376307 2025-06-20T16:39:54.688701 application/epub+zip 89483 2025-06-20T16:39:54.275759 application/epub+zip 413645 2025-06-20T16:39:57.840693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406948 2025-06-20T16:39:56.172737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120495 2022-09-23T15:06:43.181531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52052 2023-09-22T10:50:00.157538 text/plain 32318 2024-10-23T00:21:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17486 2025-06-20T16:39:57.987651 application/rdf+xml 21110 2025-06-20T16:39:54.357694 image/jpeg 3846 2025-06-20T16:39:54.315695 image/jpeg 341122 2025-06-20T16:39:54.107694 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia