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100 1 _aWannamaker, Jim
245 1 0 _aAttrition
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Analog November 1961.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-01-14
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Attrition" by Jim Wannamaker is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 1960s during the rise of the space age. The story revolves around a mission to investigate the disappearance of a crew from a starship that has been exploring a new planet, Epsilon-Terra. As the narrative unfolds, it explores themes of survival, danger in the unknowns of space, and the challenges of human adaptability in extraterrestrial environments. The protagonist, Ivor Vincent Callum, a special agent for the Interstellar Security, is thrust into a mission when his leave is abruptly recalled due to the distressing news of the missing GSS 231. The novel follows Callum as he travels to Epsilon-Terra to uncover the fate of the crew, eventually leading him to discover grim remains and a mysterious, deadly plant species that has evolved in response to human activity. Through meticulous investigation, he pieces together the tragic events that led to the crew's demise and confronts the inherent risks of exploration while reflecting on the human tendency towards arrogance and the unforeseen consequences of our actions in unfamiliar worlds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
700 1 _aKrenkel, Roy G.,
_d1918-1983
830 0 _aProduced from Analog November 1961.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24282
999 _c65283
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