The Expendables
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Description
Science fiction from the pulp age fills The Expendables, a story by van Vogt printed in If Worlds of Science Fiction in September 1963. Art by Finlay went with the tale in the magazine. The story opens 109 years after a starship left Earth. The ship, Hope of Man, has gone into orbit around the planet Alta Three.
Captain Browne tells his shipload of colonists that a manned lifeboat will drop to the surface. The colonists are fourth and fifth generation voyagers, born in space. Every member of the crew must count himself expendable, the captain says. A deadly and inhuman alien waits below as the feared foe. Yet the tale warns that the alien is not the most feared enemy on the ship. Suspense turns on the crew itself.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |