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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aLeinster, Murray,
_d1896-1975
245 1 0 _aPariah Planet
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
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
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aMed Service
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories, July 1961.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29448
999 _c70296
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