Project Gutenberg 2022-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 128 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH White spot $aUnited States :$bStandard Magazines, Inc.,$c1955. Produced from Startling Stories Summer 1955 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "White Spot" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novelet written in the mid-20th century, specifically the 1950s. The story follows a small crew aboard the spaceship "Danaë" as they encounter a mysterious planet while stranded after a ship malfunction. The narrative explores themes of survival, the unknown, and the interactions between different forms of life, leading to the discovery of a powerful and sinister force residing on the planet. In the story, the crew must find a way to survive after being attacked by a heat ray emanating from a white spot on the planet's surface. As they investigate, they learn that the white spot is a manifestation of a deadly, intelligent entity that once wiped out a civilization. The crew's experience becomes a race against time, as they must activate their ingenuity to outmaneuver and ultimately eliminate this creature before it consumes them. Throughout their ordeal, they also confront the threat posed by a mutinous crew member, Sattell, who has his own motives. The tale culminates in a tense confrontation with the creature, where the crew utilizes cunning strategies to defeat the alien intelligence and secure their escape from the planet. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220529122338leinster 1955 US Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction Space travelers -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 123456 2025-07-27T10:54:00.457721 text/html 100483 2024-10-19T01:38:46 text/html 393868 2025-07-27T10:54:04.578732 application/epub+zip 394535 2025-07-27T10:54:01.960705 application/epub+zip 246697 2025-07-27T10:54:01.004742 application/epub+zip 1166073 2025-07-27T10:54:06.680713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1157915 2025-07-27T10:54:04.018736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115170 2025-07-27T10:54:00.240766 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 95314 2024-10-19T01:38:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17500 2025-07-27T10:54:06.824703 application/rdf+xml 27267 2025-07-27T10:54:01.450700 image/jpeg 4412 2025-07-27T10:54:01.230709 image/jpeg 2008566 2025-07-27T10:54:00.494761 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