Project Gutenberg 2010-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 81 Nourse, Alan Edward 1928 1992 Edwards, Al Nourse, Alan E. (Alan Edward) Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Contamination Crew Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Contamination Crew" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The story takes place in a futuristic setting, specifically aboard a medical survey ship in the Galactic Period 22, addressing themes of interstellar medical practice and the unforeseen consequences of encountering alien life forms. The primary topic revolves around the crew's struggle to deal with a bizarre and menacing creature, the hlorg, that poses a significant threat to their mission and survival. In this narrative, Red Doctor Samuel Jenkins and his colleague, Green Doctor Wallace Stone, find themselves aboard the General Survey Ship Mercy after a mission to a planet suffering from mass psychotic delusions. However, the situation escalates when they inadvertently bring aboard the indestructible hlorg, a gelatinous entity that voraciously consumes the ship's supplies and wreaks havoc. As the crew works frantically to understand and contain the creature, they confront moral dilemmas and the consequences of their actions, leading to a tense and unexpected resolution. The novel explores themes such as the unpredictability of alien biology and the ethical considerations of survival in a scientific context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 62509 62518 2024-09-13T12:24:52.057816 2023-09-14T06:36:19.483273 text/html text/html 58669 2021-01-06T10:42:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 156931 2021-01-06T10:42:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208309 2024-09-13T12:24:55.722819 application/epub+zip 206869 2024-09-13T12:24:53.440818 application/epub+zip 73567 2024-09-13T12:24:52.541854 application/epub+zip 371343 2024-09-13T12:24:57.433798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362127 2024-09-13T12:24:55.087802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175403 2022-09-14T15:37:33.361144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54660 54559 2024-09-13T12:24:51.795842 2023-09-14T06:36:19.247271 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 54462 2021-01-06T10:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21640 2021-01-06T10:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19842 2024-09-13T12:24:57.567794 application/rdf+xml 14668 2024-09-13T12:24:52.888831 image/jpeg 3737 2024-09-13T12:24:52.714827 image/jpeg 210895 2024-09-13T12:24:52.071845 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia