Project Gutenberg 2021-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 110 Lewis, Richard O. Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill Hold Onto Your Body! Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy October 1953 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hold Onto Your Body!" by Richard O. Lewis is a science fiction tale penned during the mid-20th century. The book explores themes of identity and mortality through dark humor, as it features an unusual protagonist who navigates the complications of body possession and the manipulation of life and death. The story follows T.J. Nelson, a cunning and unscrupulous businessman who engages in a series of darkly comedic exchanges with his partners, expressing a desire to benefit financially from their demise. As the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that T.J. is not just a cold-hearted manipulator; he is also inhabited by two alien entities, Gyf and Gyl, who possess the ability to switch bodies. Their discussion of past and future exploits underscores a satirical exploration of human greed and the absurdity of life. Ultimately, T.J.'s scheme unravels when federal agents intervene, leading to a comical twist as the Venusians face expulsion back to their home planet, and T.J. prepares to abandon his current identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 37722 2025-06-25T13:07:13.573680 text/html 13815 2024-10-18T12:31:18 text/html 369683 2025-06-25T13:07:15.311701 application/epub+zip 368501 2025-06-25T13:07:14.064719 application/epub+zip 70952 2025-06-25T13:07:13.771696 application/epub+zip 402185 2025-06-25T13:07:16.393713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394692 2025-06-25T13:07:15.093705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97327 2022-09-29T08:41:23.350417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31532 2025-06-25T13:07:13.482692 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11709 2024-10-18T12:31:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17090 2025-06-25T13:07:16.512671 application/rdf+xml 29630 2025-06-25T13:07:13.907731 image/jpeg 4940 2025-06-25T13:07:13.837692 image/jpeg 1053829 2025-06-25T13:07:13.588737 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