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_aGarrett, Randall, _d1927-1987 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aSatellite of Death |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2021 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy December 1957 | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2021-05-03 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"Satellite of Death" by Randall Garrett is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around a group of five astronauts from different countries stationed on Earth's space satellite, tasked with monitoring potential threats to global peace. The central topic of the book explores themes of paranoia and mistrust that arise when a mysterious alien spaceship makes contact with their orbiting station. In the narrative, the crew discovers an alien spacecraft moored to their satellite, sparking intrigue and suspicion among them. Initially theorizing about the ship's purpose, tensions escalate as they ponder the possibility that one among them might be an alien in disguise. When one crew member dies under mysterious circumstances, the group fractures under escalating paranoia. Each subsequent death leads to further violence as they struggle to identify and neutralize the potential alien threat, culminating in a shocking conclusion that sees the destruction of Earth triggered by their own actions. The story highlights how fear and distrust can lead to catastrophic outcomes, reflecting the darker aspects of human nature in extreme situations. (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 stations -- Fiction | ||
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy December 1957 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65242 |
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