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_aDel Rey, Lester, _d1915-1993 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aBattleground |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2024 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Fantastic Universe July 1954. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2024-04-01 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"Battleground" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century, specifically around the 1950s. The story explores the theme of survival and the catastrophic potential of an alien culture threatening humanity. Set against a backdrop of space travel, the narrative unfolds as the crew of a hypercruiser investigates various habitable planets, discovering the remnants of previously advanced civilizations that have mysteriously perished. The plot centers on Acting Captain Lenk and his diverse crew as they navigate the complexities of their mission, encountering a chilling pattern of destruction across the planets they explore. Each site shows evidence of once-thriving cultures that have been annihilated, raising questions about an impending doom heading toward Earth. As Lenk and his crew uncover the truth about the alien races and their respective downfalls, they grapple with concepts of faith, survival, and the cyclical nature of civilization's rise and fall. Ultimately, their return to Earth reveals that the fate of other races may soon be mirrored in humanity itself, leading to profound reflections on the future of the human race. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York, NY: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1954 |
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| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aSpace ships -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aOuter space -- Exploration -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aInterstellar travel -- Fiction | ||
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Fantastic Universe July 1954. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73313 |
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