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100 1 _aClifton, Mark,
_d1906-1963
245 1 0 _aEight Keys to Eden
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-12-23
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Geoffrey Kidd, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Eight Keys to Eden" by Mark Clifton is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story intricately weaves the experiences of several fictional characters, including a communications supervisor, a pilot, and a Junior Extrapolator, as they grapple with a critical situation concerning a delayed report from a colonization mission on the newly settled planet, Eden. The narrative revolves around themes of scientific inquiry, human nature, and the repercussions of failed communication in an isolated environment. The opening of the novel sets the stage for escalating tension as a communications operator realizes that Eden's scheduled report is overdue, alerting his supervisor and prompting a series of frantic measures to establish contact. As characters express skepticism about the colonists' accountability and the mysterious silence from the planet, a palpable sense of dread grows in E.H.Q. Furthermore, the narrative introduces a spectrum of characters—from the cynical supervisor to the determined pilot—each contributing to the unfolding drama surrounding the potential disaster. This introduction establishes an overarching mystery about the fate of the colonists, propelling the story into uncharted territories of both space and human behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aLife on other planets -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27595
999 _c68504
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