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Title: Short Snorter
Series Title: Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, August 1958
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Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Short Snorter" by Charles Einstein is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative centers around the unexpected encounter of a vacationing couple, Fred and Alice Daniels, with a peculiar flying saucer and its occupant, Mr. Steariot, who claims to be from Venus. The story explores themes of disbelief, the human tendency to judge by appearances—especially in relation to money—and the clash between the fantastical and the mundane in everyday settings. The plot unfolds as Fred and Alice venture into the woods and discover a red flying saucer, which leads them to meet the seemingly ordinary Mr. Steariot, who is actually an extraterrestrial. Despite his polite demeanor and the legitimacy of his claims, the couple, along with the hotel manager Mr. Mason, grapple with their disbelief regarding his background. Steariot presents them with a Venusian banknote, a five-djino bill, as a souvenir, prompting reflections on the nature of value and belief. The story subtly critiques societal preoccupations with money and skepticism, illustrating how easily people dismiss extraordinary experiences when they don't fit comfortably within their understanding of the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Einstein, Charles, 1926-2007
Illustrator: Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990
EBook No.: 60521
Published: Oct 19, 2019
Downloads: 91
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject: Hotels -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Short Snorter
Series Title: Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, August 1958
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Short Snorter" by Charles Einstein is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative centers around the unexpected encounter of a vacationing couple, Fred and Alice Daniels, with a peculiar flying saucer and its occupant, Mr. Steariot, who claims to be from Venus. The story explores themes of disbelief, the human tendency to judge by appearances—especially in relation to money—and the clash between the fantastical and the mundane in everyday settings. The plot unfolds as Fred and Alice venture into the woods and discover a red flying saucer, which leads them to meet the seemingly ordinary Mr. Steariot, who is actually an extraterrestrial. Despite his polite demeanor and the legitimacy of his claims, the couple, along with the hotel manager Mr. Mason, grapple with their disbelief regarding his background. Steariot presents them with a Venusian banknote, a five-djino bill, as a souvenir, prompting reflections on the nature of value and belief. The story subtly critiques societal preoccupations with money and skepticism, illustrating how easily people dismiss extraordinary experiences when they don't fit comfortably within their understanding of the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Einstein, Charles, 1926-2007
Illustrator: Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990
EBook No.: 60521
Published: Oct 19, 2019
Downloads: 91
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject: Hotels -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.