Project Gutenberg 2010-04-18 Public domain in the USA. 58 Sturgis, Melvin The Unprotected Species Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Unprotected Species" by Melvin Sturgis is a science fiction novel set in the mid-20th century. This story revolves around a crew sent to survey a newly discovered planet designated for colonization, which leads to unexpected and tragic consequences as members of the crew begin to lose their sanity. The primary focus of the book is on the mysterious inhabitants of the planet—gnome-like creatures— and the psychological breakdowns that ensue when the colonizers encounter unknown threats in this alien environment. The narrative follows Gallifa, the senior biologist of the surveying team, who grapples with the violent insanity that befalls his crew, starting with one of his men, Bradshaw. As Bradshaw is discovered in a frenzied state and subsequently restrained, Gallifa is drawn into a terrifying investigation of the gnomes and their potential influence on human behavior. The crew's terrifying descent into chaos leads Gallifa to suspect that the gnomes possess a powerful, mind-altering ability that drives humans to homicide out of sheer terror. The novel culminates in Gallifa's realization that their survival on this planet will depend not only on understanding this unique species but also on navigating the fears that threaten to tear the colony apart. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Animal Animals-Wild Browsing: Literature Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 80453 80454 2024-10-13T13:53:12.115072 2023-09-14T06:56:14.196123 text/html text/html 77598 2010-04-18T10:38:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 29163 2010-04-18T10:38:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 100520 2024-10-13T13:53:17.492043 application/epub+zip 99384 2024-10-13T13:53:14.915060 application/epub+zip 97141 2024-10-13T13:53:13.727059 application/epub+zip 203517 2024-10-13T13:53:19.372027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193855 2024-10-13T13:53:16.769042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150349 2022-09-14T16:04:37.313941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71909 71814 2024-10-13T13:53:11.765082 2023-09-14T06:56:13.955159 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 71744 2010-04-18T10:38:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27730 2010-04-18T10:38:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20155 2024-10-13T13:53:19.496037 application/rdf+xml 13019 2024-10-13T13:53:14.260060 image/jpeg 3742 2024-10-13T13:53:13.993053 image/jpeg 98101 2024-10-13T13:53:12.124056 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