Project Gutenberg 2020-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 152 Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney) 1915 1979 Marks, Winston Kinney Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Slay-Ride Produced from Planet Stories November 1953 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Slay-Ride" by Winston K. Marks is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The story revolves around Frane Lewis, a space pirate and a ruthless triggerman, who embarks on a perilous mission through the cold expanse of space. The book delves into themes of greed, survival, and the consequences of one's actions against the backdrop of interstellar piracy. The narrative unfolds as Frane Lewis successfully executes his heinous plan on a small space freighter, eliminating its crew to prepare for a heist. However, as the events progress, he is confronted with the reality of his choices, especially when he dons a peculiar piece of spaceman's underwear that inadvertently leads to his demise. As he navigates the ship alone, his body temperature rises dangerously due to wearing multiple layers in the inhospitable environment of space. Ultimately, he succumbs to the very elements he sought to control, trapped by his own greed and a series of miscalculations, culminating in a grim irony that highlights the harsh realities of space and the futility of his intentions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Space pirates -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 44820 2025-07-25T10:39:30.817678 text/html 20971 2024-10-18T09:18:49 text/html 332432 2025-07-25T10:39:32.699703 application/epub+zip 331271 2025-07-25T10:39:31.258680 application/epub+zip 72928 2025-07-25T10:39:31.005679 application/epub+zip 364957 2025-07-25T10:39:34.042691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358133 2025-07-25T10:39:32.417686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100087 2022-09-28T21:31:15.313936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38545 2025-07-25T10:39:30.713697 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18761 2024-10-18T09:18:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17561 2025-07-25T10:39:34.204674 application/rdf+xml 30404 2025-07-25T10:39:31.113709 image/jpeg 5054 2025-07-25T10:39:31.059688 image/jpeg 342226 2025-07-25T10:39:30.828718 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