02570cam a22004093u 4500 78726 UtSlPG 20260610134827.0 m cr n 260607r20261952utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Coppel, Alfred, 1921-2004 Blood lands Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Dynamic Science Fiction, December 1952 (Vol. 1, No. 1.). Release date is 2026-05-22 Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Blood lands by Alfred Coppel is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The story explores a repatriation mission to a forgotten colony whose people have forged a horrifying symbiosis with their world, confronting themes of colonization, alien intelligence, and the cost of survival. A three-man team—Kenyon, Bothwell, and Grancor—lands on Kana to relocate its red-haired, ritual-bound inhabitants. Kenyon’s clandestine meetings with the native woman Elyra lead him into the plume-forests, where drums, trance, and a “father” deity reveal the truth: the islands themselves are a vast, sentient organism that feeds the people with blood through the soil and, in turn, devours them. Captured and forced to witness a man swallowed alive, Kenyon realizes the living land claims all who touch it. He escapes back to the ship, but the “father” closes upon the scorched landing ground and begins to ingest the vessel as the silent tribe watches, leaving the team trapped, sinking into the hungry, alien earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Holyoke, Mass.: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1952 Science fiction Short stories Life on other planets -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Space travelers -- Fiction Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction Ross, Leslie (A. Leslie), 1910-1989 Produced from Dynamic Science Fiction, December 1952 (Vol. 1, No. 1.). https://archive.org/details/Dynamic_Science_Fiction_v01n01_1952-12_Gorgon776 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78726 119444 119444