Project Gutenberg 2019-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 100 Del Rey, Lester 1915 1993 Rey, Lester del Knapp, Leonard Spawning Ground Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1961 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Spawning Ground" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around humanity's desperate need for survival as they face the impending destruction of the Solar System, pushing them to explore and settle new worlds. The narrative explores themes of adaptation and the potential for human evolution in response to alien environments. In the book, Captain Gwayne and his crew aboard the starship Pandora arrive on a mysterious planet where they encounter strange, blob-like creatures and primitive humanoids. When two young cadets are captured by these humanoids, Gwayne leads a rescue mission, only to discover a shocking truth: the planet's natives possess the ability to transform human beings. The captured crew member, Captain Hennessy, has undergone significant changes after years on the planet, revealing insights into the blob creatures and their intentions. Ultimately, Gwayne realizes that they cannot return to Earth; instead, they must stay and adapt to this new world, allowing for the continuation and transformation of humanity in a new form. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 47480 2025-07-24T09:02:08.872023 text/html 23628 2024-10-17T15:32:49 text/html 85885 2025-07-24T09:02:10.668039 application/epub+zip 84735 2025-07-24T09:02:09.288019 application/epub+zip 84734 2025-07-24T09:02:09.049023 application/epub+zip 119974 2025-07-24T09:02:11.888021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112780 2025-07-24T09:02:10.434001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112887 2022-09-27T15:13:00.245584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41085 2025-07-24T09:02:08.765043 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21364 2024-10-17T15:32:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17393 2025-07-24T09:02:12.026996 application/rdf+xml 28111 2025-07-24T09:02:09.149033 image/jpeg 5188 2025-07-24T09:02:09.104031 image/jpeg 258999 2025-07-24T09:02:08.882026 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 More titles under McCann, Edson en.wikipedia