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| 100 | 1 | _aAdams, James R. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aCrisis on Titan |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2020 |
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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 | ||
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1946 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63658 |
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