TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leinster,Murray
AU  - Emshwiller,Ed
TI  - White spot
T2  - Produced from Startling Stories Summer 1955
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
KW  - Life on other planets -- Fiction
KW  - Interstellar travel -- Fiction
KW  - Space travelers -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2022-10-28; Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Originally published; United States: Standard Magazines, Inc., 1955
N2  - "White Spot" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novelet written in the mid-20th century, specifically the 1950s. The story follows a small crew aboard the spaceship "Danaë" as they encounter a mysterious planet while stranded after a ship malfunction. The narrative explores themes of survival, the unknown, and the interactions between different forms of life, leading to the discovery of a powerful and sinister force residing on the planet.  In the story, the crew must find a way to survive after being attacked by a heat ray emanating from a white spot on the planet's surface. As they investigate, they learn that the white spot is a manifestation of a deadly, intelligent entity that once wiped out a civilization. The crew's experience becomes a race against time, as they must activate their ingenuity to outmaneuver and ultimately eliminate this creature before it consumes them. Throughout their ordeal, they also confront the threat posed by a mutinous crew member, Sattell, who has his own motives. The tale culminates in a tense confrontation with the creature, where the crew utilizes cunning strategies to defeat the alien intelligence and secure their escape from the planet. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69252
ER  -