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100 1 _aDel Rey, Lester,
_d1915-1993
245 1 0 _aSpawning Ground
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1961
500 _aRelease date is 2019-12-30
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Spawning Ground" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around humanity's desperate need for survival as they face the impending destruction of the Solar System, pushing them to explore and settle new worlds. The narrative explores themes of adaptation and the potential for human evolution in response to alien environments. In the book, Captain Gwayne and his crew aboard the starship Pandora arrive on a mysterious planet where they encounter strange, blob-like creatures and primitive humanoids. When two young cadets are captured by these humanoids, Gwayne leads a rescue mission, only to discover a shocking truth: the planet's natives possess the ability to transform human beings. The captured crew member, Captain Hennessy, has undergone significant changes after years on the planet, revealing insights into the blob creatures and their intentions. Ultimately, Gwayne realizes that they cannot return to Earth; instead, they must stay and adapt to this new world, allowing for the continuation and transformation of humanity in a new form. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aSpace colonies -- Fiction
653 _aOuter space -- Exploration -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1961
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61052
999 _c101878
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