Project Gutenberg 2021-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 101 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill A Zloor for Your Trouble! $aUnited States :$bGreenleaf Publishing Company,$c1953. Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy January 1954 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Zloor for Your Trouble!" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a professional hunter named Napoleon Prescott, who embarks on a mission to capture a mysterious Martian creature known as a zloor. The narrative is set against the backdrop of Mars, exploring themes of alien life and the challenges of hunting in an extraterrestrial environment. In the book, Prescott is approached by Westley Marks, a man representing the government, who offers him a bet and a job to capture at least one zloor, a rabbit-sized creature suspected to be an alien life form. As Prescott navigates life on Mars, he discovers the zloor's unique properties—its extraordinary weight and impenetrable hide, which complicate his mission. Despite initial setbacks and humorous encounters with fellow hunters, Prescott ultimately devises a clever strategy using peach pits to securely capture and transport two zloors back to Earth, challenging the expectations of both Marks and the other hunters in a delightful conclusion. The story combines adventure, humor, and a sense of camaraderie among the professional hunters, making it a captivating read for fans of science fiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20210306045855reynolds 1953 US Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Hunters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Adventure 59790 2025-06-26T07:51:53.989149 text/html 36114 2024-10-18T15:51:34 text/html 434039 2025-06-26T07:51:55.921183 application/epub+zip 432870 2025-06-26T07:51:54.440170 application/epub+zip 85585 2025-06-26T07:51:54.186162 application/epub+zip 471442 2025-06-26T07:51:57.108166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464146 2025-06-26T07:51:55.609158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117030 2022-09-29T18:57:55.164910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52903 2025-06-26T07:51:53.874155 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32987 2024-10-18T15:51:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18294 2025-06-26T07:51:57.236149 application/rdf+xml 25882 2025-06-26T07:51:54.285148 image/jpeg 4285 2025-06-26T07:51:54.234148 image/jpeg 404142 2025-06-26T07:51:54.000204 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