Project Gutenberg 2021-02-10 Public domain in the USA. 202 Curtis, Betsy 1917 2002 Curtis, Elizabeth M. Curtis, B. Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Temptress of Planet Delight Produced from Planet Stories May 1953 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Temptress of Planet Delight" by Betsy Curtis is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story centers on Captain Herl Hofner, a trader from Galactic Coordination, as he arrives on the planet Delight, which has been recently cleaned up from its past issues and renamed from Geescow. The opening introduces a blend of Galactic bureaucracy, the struggles of colonization, and hints at an underlying tension around the Eyefers, a population that embodies a societal burden, which sets the stage for an exploration of this unique civilization. At the start of the book, Captain Herl Hofner is navigating the complexities of interplanetary bureaucracy as he prepares to land on Delight. He encounters the friendly yet perplexed local port control staff, who inform him of the various regulations he must adhere to during his visit. As Herl adjusts to the planet, he learns about its unique inhabitants, the Eyefers, whose forgetfulness has led them to be viewed as societal outcasts. A sense of anticipation builds when Herl meets a mysterious girl wrapped in a golden haze in a waiting area, foreshadowing deeper connections to the planet and underscoring themes of beauty, societal structure, and individual responsibility within a complex political landscape. This initial setup leaves readers curious about Herl's journey and the fate of the inhabitants of Planet Delight amidst brewing conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction Traveling sales personnel -- Fiction Revolutions -- Fiction Bureaucracy -- Fiction Human evolution -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 139588 2025-07-25T12:31:03.902342 text/html 116375 2024-10-18T10:51:06 text/html 443097 2025-07-25T12:31:06.555363 application/epub+zip 443873 2025-07-25T12:31:04.406325 application/epub+zip 115844 2025-07-25T12:31:04.125330 application/epub+zip 502612 2025-07-25T12:31:08.331313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494021 2025-07-25T12:31:06.298361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166083 2022-09-29T05:16:47.649027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130982 2025-07-25T12:31:03.692348 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111132 2024-10-18T10:51:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18258 2025-07-25T12:31:08.469345 application/rdf+xml 32532 2025-07-25T12:31:04.232343 image/jpeg 5187 2025-07-25T12:31:04.177419 image/jpeg 551791 2025-07-25T12:31:03.923336 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