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100 1 _aGarrett, Randall,
_d1927-1987
245 1 0 _aSlaughter on Dornell IV
246 1 _aSlaughter on Dornell 4
246 1 _aSlaughter on Dornell Four
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy April 1957
500 _aAccording to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, this story is by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg, using the joint pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen.
500 _aRelease date is 2021-06-06
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Slaughter on Dornell IV" by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg is a science fiction short story written during the mid-20th century. The narrative follows Larry Filmore, a human fighter who grapples with his imminent battle against a formidable alien champion on the planet Dornell IV. The story delves into themes of racial prejudice, survival, and the brutal world of interstellar combat. In this gripping tale, Larry Filmore finds himself in a bar on Dornell IV, contemplating a dangerous fight against Fornax Kedrin, the Dornellian champion. Overwhelmed with anxiety about his impending bout and the treachery of his manager, Blackmer, Larry engages in a barroom brawl with a Dornellian, which unexpectedly boosts his confidence. After managing to defeat the alien in the scuffle, Larry learns that his fight against Fornax Kedrin has been canceled due to the champion's injury from the very altercation he had in the bar. The story concludes with Larry's newfound relief, suggesting that sometimes luck can alter the course of fate in a perilous world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aBoxing stories
700 1 _aSilverberg, Robert,
_d1935-
830 0 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy April 1957
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65534
999 _c106357
_d106357