Exploration Team by Murray Leinster
"Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novelette published in 1956. When a Colonial Survey officer arrives on the deadly planet Loren Two, he discovers an unauthorized settler living there with specially-bred Kodiak bears. Together, they must undertake a dangerous trek across hostile terrain to reach an official colony that has mysteriously gone silent. The story won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette and has been praised as a model
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| Author | Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975 |
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| Illustrator | Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990 |
| Title | Exploration Team |
| Original Publication | United States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.,1956. |
| Series Title | Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, March 1956 |
| Series Title | Colonial Survey |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_Team |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 85.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Subject | Space colonies -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bears -- Fiction |
| Subject | Human-animal relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Predatory animals -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 68730 |
| Release Date | Aug 11, 2022 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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