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Title: Poison Planet
Series Title: Produced from Planet Stories January 1951
Credits:
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Poison Planet" by William Oberfield is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around an expedition of Earthmen, led by Captain James McBride, who are the first to set foot on the planet Venus. As they initially encounter a seemingly fertile and calm environment, they soon discover that the flora and fauna are toxic, which presents dire challenges as they attempt to survive. The narrative unfolds with the crew grappling with starvation as they are unable to cultivate crops due to the invasive and lethal nature of Venusian plants. Tension mounts when desperation drives one crew member to commit suicide, leading the others to face moral dilemmas as hunger drives them towards cannibalism. Just as all hope seems lost, Flaunders, the expedition’s botanist, announces a breakthrough in countering the planet's poison, igniting a glimmer of hope amid the darkness. However, an undercurrent of suspicion and ethical questions looms over the crew as they navigate their dwindling humanity in their struggle for survival. Ultimately, the story explores themes of desperation, survival, and the thin veneer of civilization that can quickly unravel under extreme circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Oberfield, William
Illustrator: Vestal, Herman B., 1916-2007
EBook No.: 63945
Published: Dec 2, 2020
Downloads: 100
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Venus (Planet) -- Fiction
Subject: Starvation -- Fiction
Subject: Cannibalism -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Poison Planet
Series Title: Produced from Planet Stories January 1951
Credits:
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Poison Planet" by William Oberfield is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around an expedition of Earthmen, led by Captain James McBride, who are the first to set foot on the planet Venus. As they initially encounter a seemingly fertile and calm environment, they soon discover that the flora and fauna are toxic, which presents dire challenges as they attempt to survive. The narrative unfolds with the crew grappling with starvation as they are unable to cultivate crops due to the invasive and lethal nature of Venusian plants. Tension mounts when desperation drives one crew member to commit suicide, leading the others to face moral dilemmas as hunger drives them towards cannibalism. Just as all hope seems lost, Flaunders, the expedition’s botanist, announces a breakthrough in countering the planet's poison, igniting a glimmer of hope amid the darkness. However, an undercurrent of suspicion and ethical questions looms over the crew as they navigate their dwindling humanity in their struggle for survival. Ultimately, the story explores themes of desperation, survival, and the thin veneer of civilization that can quickly unravel under extreme circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Oberfield, William
Illustrator: Vestal, Herman B., 1916-2007
EBook No.: 63945
Published: Dec 2, 2020
Downloads: 100
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Venus (Planet) -- Fiction
Subject: Starvation -- Fiction
Subject: Cannibalism -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.