Project Gutenberg 2021-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 192 Ludwig, Edward W. 1920 1990 Ludwig, Edward William Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill The Aab $aUnited States :$bGreenleaf Publishing Company,$c1954. Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy February 1955 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Aab" by Edward W. Ludwig is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. This narrative unfolds on Mars, featuring themes of survival, desperation, and unexpected encounters with alien life. The story centers around Monk O'Hara, a prospector dealing with the consequences of his actions in a hostile environment, reflecting the broader anxieties surrounding space exploration during this time period. In the tale, Monk finds himself buried up to his neck in Martian sand after a fateful encounter with a Martian trader and his daughter, Tooli. Desperate for survival, he grapples with the looming threat of a carnivorous creature known as the Aab, while also reflecting on his ambitious plans fueled by the discovery of valuable Devil Egg seeds. The tension escalates as Monk engages in a mental battle with the Aab, ultimately resorting to cannibalistic desperation as he consumes the creature in a bid to stay alive. The story culminates in a twist when Monk's anticipated rescue transforms into an ominous realization of further danger, hinting at the unpredictability of alien interactions and human greed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20210307102830ludwig 1954 US Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 42007 2025-06-26T08:43:05.790579 text/html 18203 2024-10-18T16:32:02 text/html 425790 2025-06-26T08:43:07.421604 application/epub+zip 424636 2025-06-26T08:43:06.162624 application/epub+zip 72016 2025-06-26T08:43:05.953601 application/epub+zip 458501 2025-06-26T08:43:08.531595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451152 2025-06-26T08:43:07.233606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98517 2022-09-29T20:52:07.312347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35516 2025-06-26T08:43:05.684570 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15669 2024-10-18T16:32:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17575 2025-06-26T08:43:08.660572 application/rdf+xml 30411 2025-06-26T08:43:06.042575 image/jpeg 4958 2025-06-26T08:43:05.996570 image/jpeg 431070 2025-06-26T08:43:05.802570 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