Project Gutenberg 2010-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 95 Nourse, Alan Edward 1928 1992 Edwards, Al Nourse, Alan E. (Alan Edward) Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Contamination Crew Produced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction February 1958. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Contamination Crew" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The story takes place in a futuristic setting, specifically aboard a medical survey ship in the Galactic Period 22, addressing themes of interstellar medical practice and the unforeseen consequences of encountering alien life forms. The primary topic revolves around the crew's struggle to deal with a bizarre and menacing creature, the hlorg, that poses a significant threat to their mission and survival. In this narrative, Red Doctor Samuel Jenkins and his colleague, Green Doctor Wallace Stone, find themselves aboard the General Survey Ship Mercy after a mission to a planet suffering from mass psychotic delusions. However, the situation escalates when they inadvertently bring aboard the indestructible hlorg, a gelatinous entity that voraciously consumes the ship's supplies and wreaks havoc. As the crew works frantically to understand and contain the creature, they confront moral dilemmas and the consequences of their actions, leading to a tense and unexpected resolution. The novel explores themes such as the unpredictability of alien biology and the ethical considerations of survival in a scientific context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 62634 2025-07-13T06:51:41.868848 text/html 58669 2021-01-06T10:42:38 text/html 231700 2025-07-13T06:51:47.053863 application/epub+zip 230015 2025-07-13T06:51:44.690809 application/epub+zip 83968 2025-07-13T06:51:43.552831 application/epub+zip 398251 2025-07-13T06:51:48.742811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389039 2025-07-13T06:51:46.315805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175403 2022-09-14T15:37:33.361144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54660 2025-07-13T06:51:41.585828 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54462 2021-01-06T10:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20796 2025-07-13T06:51:48.870788 application/rdf+xml 14675 2025-07-13T06:51:44.040819 image/jpeg 3727 2025-07-13T06:51:43.794849 image/jpeg 156931 2021-01-06T10:42:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 21640 2021-01-06T10:42:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 231842 2025-07-13T06:51:41.882822 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 en.wikipedia