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100	1		_aHarmon, Jim, _d1933-2010
245	1	4	_aThe Planet with No Nightmare
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2010
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aProduced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction July 1961.
500			_aRelease date is 2010-02-03
508			_aProduced by Robert Cicconetti, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"The Planet with No Nightmare" by Jim Harmon is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s, at a time when space exploration was gaining significant public interest. The narrative focuses on an exploration team that arrives on a mysterious planet, Yancy-6, where they encounter bizarre life forms and grapple with the implications of their existence, particularly in relation to mortality and the nature of life itself. The themes of isolation, suspicion, and existential inquiry weave through the story as the crew members confront the planet's strange phenomena. In "The Planet with No Nightmare," the story follows a surveyor named Ekstrohm and his two companions, Ryan and Nogol, as they land on the unfamiliar planet Yancy-6. Upon arrival, they initially encounter dead animals, which mysteriously disappear, leading to rising tensions within the crew as suspicions about Ekstrohm's sanity surface. The narrative intensifies as Ekstrohm discovers that the creatures on the planet can seemingly feign death as a defense mechanism. As the exploration team investigates, they learn about the planet's odd ecological dynamics, including a connection to enigmatic flying whales. Ultimately, the exploration leads to revelations about the possibility of immortality among the planet's residents and the implications for human colonization, culminating in Ekstrohm's decision to leave his companions behind and report back to civilization, emphasizing the loneliness of his condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aScience fiction
653			_aShort stories
700	1		_aWood, Wallace, _d1927-1981
830		0	_aProduced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction July 1961.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31174
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