The expendables (Registro nro. 110968)
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| control field | 70235 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UtSlPG |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610134626.0 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Van Vogt, A. E. |
| Fuller form of name | (Alfred Elton), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1912-2000 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The expendables |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Centaurus |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction September 1963 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2023-03-08 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Expendables" by A. E. Van Vogt is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s, emerging from a period when space exploration was a burgeoning theme in literature. The book explores themes of power, survival, and human ingenuity in a high-stakes interstellar setting. It tells the story of a spaceship carrying generations of colonists as they face existential threats from alien beings and internal discord. In the narrative, the spaceship "Hope of Man" arrives at the alien world of Alta III, where the crew must navigate a complex web of power struggles and alien encounters. When Captain Browne decides to send a lifeboat crew to the planet, tensions rise as John Lesbee, a skilled technician, recognizes that he and his conspiratorial friends are being manipulated into a dangerous situation. Upon encountering the telepathic Karn aliens, Lesbee seizes on the opportunity to turn the tables against Browne, who represents a lineage of command that oppresses his own family. As the tension escalates to a climax involving betrayal, strategic maneuvers, and the quest for supremacy, Lesbee must ultimately decide between power and the well-being of the entire expedition. With themes of betrayal and the question of what it means to be "expendable," Van Vogt's story engages with notions of loyalty, authority, and the moral complexities of leadership. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | United States: Galaxy Publishing Corporation, 1963 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Science fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Space travelers -- Fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Interpersonal conflict -- Fiction |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Finlay, Virgil, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1914-1971 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Centaurus |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction September 1963 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70235">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70235</a> |
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