Project Gutenberg 2008-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 205 Wannamaker, Jim Krenkel, Roy G. 1918 1983 Krenkel, Roy Gerald Attrition Produced from Analog November 1961. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 87898 2025-08-10T06:48:31.772396 text/html 84779 2021-01-03T06:43:51 text/html 261352 2025-08-10T06:48:36.455350 application/epub+zip 260655 2025-08-10T06:48:33.767421 application/epub+zip 97125 2025-08-10T06:48:32.372375 application/epub+zip 509986 2025-08-10T06:48:38.297434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501638 2025-08-10T06:48:35.621443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145330 2022-09-11T09:15:36.247590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78916 2025-08-10T06:48:31.430399 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78791 2021-01-03T06:43:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78783 2021-01-03T06:43:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20471 2025-08-10T06:48:38.487370 application/rdf+xml 10873 2025-08-10T06:48:33.001387 image/jpeg 2918 2025-08-10T06:48:32.753501 image/jpeg 32306 2021-01-03T06:43:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 201062 2021-01-03T06:43:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 32286 2021-01-03T06:43:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 261745 2025-08-10T06:48:31.793376 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia