Project Gutenberg 2024-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 169 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt Llewellyn Llewellyn, William Llewellyn, Bill Llew An eye for the ladies $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1956. Produced from Fantastic October 1956. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Eye for the Ladies" by Stephen Marlowe is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around a peculiar detective assignment involving an alien named Xlptl who seeks the help of a private investigator to find his wife, who has taken on a new identity among Earthlings. Through a comedic and imaginative plot, the book explores themes of identity and transformation against the backdrop of interplanetary travel. The novel follows Jack Brody, a private investigator, as he is tasked with finding Mrs. Xlptl, who has failed to "re-transmigrate" back to her alien form after touring Earth. To accomplish this, Brody must enter the bodies of various husbands of recent brides in order to figure out where Mrs. Xlptl is hiding. The story mixes humor with action as Brody navigates awkward and often humorous situations while embodying different characters, from a boxer to a husband, as he ultimately tries to reunite Xlptl with his elusive wife. The narrative culminates in a mix of absurdity and adventure, showcasing Marlowe's playful take on the detective genre infused with science fiction elements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240319143907granger 1956 US Reading ease score: 88.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Detective and mystery stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Identity -- Fiction Runaway wives -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Humour Category: Novels 55379 2025-07-29T06:43:11.560544 text/html 30591 2024-04-29T19:05:01 text/html 374475 2025-07-29T06:43:14.421521 application/epub+zip 373210 2025-07-29T06:43:12.660596 application/epub+zip 153976 2025-07-29T06:43:11.990539 application/epub+zip 711850 2025-07-29T06:43:15.832536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 705231 2025-07-29T06:43:13.990510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47709 2025-07-29T06:43:11.420527 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27872 2024-04-29T19:05:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18019 2025-07-29T06:43:16.214524 application/rdf+xml 26908 2025-07-29T06:43:12.267529 image/jpeg 4722 2025-07-29T06:43:12.125522 image/jpeg 751440 2025-07-29T06:43:11.576579 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