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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aLeinster, Murray,
_d1896-1975
245 1 0 _aMed Service
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aMed Service
490 1 _aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1957
500 _aAlso published as: The mutant weapon.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-03-13
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Med Service" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. It follows the story of Calhoun, a Med Ship pilot on a routine health inspection mission to the colony planet Maris III, who encounters a mysterious and deadly plague that has decimated the local population. Accompanied by his peculiar companion Murgatroyd, Calhoun must navigate an unexpected and perilous situation as local inhabitants exhibit strange behaviors and dangerous attacks that suggest deeper intrigues at play. At the start of the narrative, Calhoun and Murgatroyd are approaching Maris III when they experience an alarming incident caused by the planet’s landing grid, which violently attempts to destroy their ship. Upon landing, they discover a seemingly deserted city and a corpse with unanswered questions regarding its death. As Calhoun investigates further, it becomes clear that a recent plague is at the heart of the local mystery. The opening portion of the novel sets a tense atmosphere, blending elements of space adventure with medical science, as Calhoun prepares to uncover the truth behind the plague and the hostile actions of those in the city. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1957
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aPhysicians -- Fiction
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aSpace colonies -- Fiction
653 _aSpace medicine -- Fiction
653 _aEpidemics -- Fiction
700 1 _aVan Dongen, H. R.,
_d1920-2010
830 0 _aMed Service
830 0 _aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1957
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70277
999 _c111003
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