Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison

"Planet of the Damned" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel published in 1962. When the desert planet Dis threatens neighboring Nyjord with cobalt bombs, champion athlete Brion Brandd is recruited for a desperate mission to prevent interplanetary genocide. On Dis, Brandd must navigate deadly attacks and unravel the mystery behind the ruling magter's suicidal aggression before a nuclear strike destroys the entire planet. His discovery reveals a disturbing biological explanation for their behavior and a race against time to disable the bombs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Harrison, Harry, 1925-2012
Title Planet of the Damned
Series Title Produced from the 1962 book publication of the story, which was originally published in Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction, Sept.–Nov. 1961.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Damned
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, William Woods and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject Life on other planets -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 21873
Release Date
Last Update Jan 2, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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