Monsters in Orbit
Monsters in Orbit is a fix-up of two stories: Abercrombie Station (Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1952) and Cholwell's Chickens (Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1952).
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Although still quite young, Jean Parlier had already had an active
interplanetary life. Wanted on her native world, she had escaped to
Earth on wits and courage. A very pretty girl, she had a very unusual
type of personal vitality which captivated men. But her aim was not a
man, but first getting her hands on a million dollars.
There was a way open to do that. Go to Earl Abercrombie's private satellite and get him to marry her.
On any other worldlet it would have been simple. But on Abercrombie
Station, the free-weight home for ultra-fat people, where Jean was
considered a scarecrow freak, and Earl Abercrombie was mad only about
space monsters, it was anything but simple!
Jack Vance
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance (1916–2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published as by Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and once each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 14th Grand Master in 1997 and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers.