Round-Up Time by Chester Cohen
"Round-Up Time" by Chester Cohen is a short story likely written in the mid-20th century, around the 1950s. This piece combines elements of speculative fiction and social commentary, exploring themes of mass hysteria and the effects of an unusual spectacle in an urban setting. The narrative centers around the bizarre and chaotic events that unfold when a character known as Queerpants unexpectedly captivates a crowd in Central Park. The story follows a
protagonist who, struggling to make ends meet, finds unexpected fortune on the Fourth of July when he encounters a peculiar man, Queerpants. As Queerpants appears to conduct an imaginary performance, a throng of onlookers becomes entranced, showering the narrator with money as they are seemingly spellbound by the spectacle. The excitement crescendos as the crowd follows Queerpants to a strange, hovering structure that resembles a giant banana, where people willingly enter without apparent concern for their safety. Ultimately, the narrator, feeling alienated by the madness and left with a pile of money, grapples with the unsettling reality that everyone around him appears to have lost their sanity, leaving him questioning the events he has just witnessed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cohen, Chester |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Giunta, John, 1920-1970 |
| Title | Round-Up Time |
| Original Publication | United States: Royal Publications, Inc,1956. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 89.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Beggars -- Fiction |
| Subject | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 67498 |
| Release Date | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 142 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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