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100 1 _aAdams, James R.
245 1 0 _aCrisis on Titan
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1946
500 _aRelease date is 2020-11-06
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Crisis on Titan" by James R. Adams is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The narrative unfolds on Titan, one of Saturn's moons, where a military patrol is tasked with mining a vital resource known as chroidex while also navigating conflicts with the planet's indigenous species. The story intertwines themes of survival, courage, and the complexities of interspecies relations in a hostile environment. The plot centers around Captain Staley and Sergeant Hallihan, who lead their unit on a perilous mission to secure a mining site and defend against hostile creatures known as Squeakers. As tensions escalate, they encounter the peculiar Barber's Delights—an indigenous species that, despite their lack of intelligence, end up being pivotal to the patrol's success. When the patrol is caught off guard by an overwhelming Squeaker force, it is Staley's ingenious strategy involving the Barber's Delights that ultimately turns the tide of battle. The novel explores themes of teamwork, resourcefulness, and the unexpected nature of allies in combat, culminating in victory and the preservation of a vital resource for interstellar travel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSoldiers -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aTitan (Satellite) -- Fiction
700 1 _aPetrizzo
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1946
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63658
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