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_aLeinster, Murray, _d1896-1975 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aPariah Planet |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2009 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 490 | 1 | _aMed Service | |
| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories, July 1961. | |
| 500 | _aSee also PG#18172 version as "This World is Taboo" | ||
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2009-07-18 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Meredith Bach, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"Pariah Planet" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around a medical officer named Calhoun and his tormal companion, Murgatroyd, who embark on a journey to a troubled planet facing a health crisis and deep-seated prejudices. The underlying themes focus on fear, paranoia, and the consequences of misunderstanding, especially pertaining to a group labeled as "blueskins," people who survived a plague and are now seen as a threat. The opening of the novel introduces Calhoun as he pilots the Med Ship Aesclipus Twenty towards the planet Weald, which is gripped by fear of the blueskins, a group hailing from the nearby planet Dara. As he makes preparations for landing and descends into the atmosphere, he grapples with the challenges of navigating a society that has allowed its apprehensions to shape xenophobic policies. When he arrives, he discovers that a recent tragedy, possibly linked to the blueskins, has escalated fears and tensions. Through Calhoun's interactions, the narrative develops a complex observation of how quickly fear can lead to scapegoating and societal unrest, setting the stage for a confrontation between humanity's better nature and its darker instincts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aLife on other planets -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSpace medicine -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aQuarantine -- Fiction | ||
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_aFinlay, Virgil, _d1914-1971 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories, July 1961. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29448 |
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