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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aJacobi, Carl,
_d1908-1997
245 1 0 _aStrangers to Straba
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe October 1954.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-08-22
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Strangers to Straba" by Carl Jacobi is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. Set on the desolate planet Straba, the story centers on the interactions between Cap Barlow, the planet's sole inhabitant, and a young field researcher named Clarence Raine, who has come to conduct a botanical survey. The novel explores themes of isolation, discovery, and the eerie life that can inhabit even the most abandoned places. The plot unfolds as Raine discovers the remnants of an ancient spaceship named "Perseus" and becomes obsessed with salvaging its parts. Through exploration, he learns about the ship's dark history, which is linked to another vessel, the "Andromeda", that carries tales of mysterious beings known as Absorbers. These entities prey on life in a sinister way. As Raine dismantles the "Perseus", he inadvertently awakens something within the ship, leading to a climactic and haunting conclusion when the "Perseus" seems to come alive, driven by past emotions and a craving for connection, culminating in a chilling encounter with the wreck of the "Andromeda". In this story, Jacobi masterfully intertwines adventure and horror, reflecting on the consequences of man's insatiable curiosity and ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1954
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
653 _aLife on other planets -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe October 1954.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74295
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