TY  - BOOK
AU  - Garrett,Randall
AU  - Silverberg,Robert
TI  - Slaughter on Dornell IV
T2  - Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy April 1957
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
KW  - Boxing stories
N1  - According to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, this story is by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg, using the joint pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen; Release date is 2021-06-06; Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Slaughter on Dornell IV" by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg is a science fiction short story written during the mid-20th century. The narrative follows Larry Filmore, a human fighter who grapples with his imminent battle against a formidable alien champion on the planet Dornell IV. The story delves into themes of racial prejudice, survival, and the brutal world of interstellar combat.  In this gripping tale, Larry Filmore finds himself in a bar on Dornell IV, contemplating a dangerous fight against Fornax Kedrin, the Dornellian champion. Overwhelmed with anxiety about his impending bout and the treachery of his manager, Blackmer, Larry engages in a barroom brawl with a Dornellian, which unexpectedly boosts his confidence. After managing to defeat the alien in the scuffle, Larry learns that his fight against Fornax Kedrin has been canceled due to the champion's injury from the very altercation he had in the bar. The story concludes with Larry's newfound relief, suggesting that sometimes luck can alter the course of fate in a perilous world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65534
ER  -