Proxy Planeteers by Edmond Hamilton
"Proxy Planeteers" by Edmond Hamilton is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century. The tale unfolds in a futuristic setting involving the mining of uranium on Mercury using unmanned machines called Proxies, operated remotely from Earth. The protagonist, Doug Norris, confronts the mysterious failures of these Proxies and speculates on the presence of an unknown radioactive lifeform that may be sabotaging their operations. The plot centers on Doug Norris
and Martin Kincaid, who are tasked with the Proxy Project on Mercury, crucial for providing uranium to Earth’s power supply. As several Proxies mysteriously fail, Norris theorizes that living gaseous entities, referred to as Raddies, are attacking them. After a series of misadventures, which include a drunken decision to attempt to revolutionize atomic energy by using bismuth instead of uranium, they realize that the Raddies possess a form of intelligence. It is ultimately revealed that these beings have imparted knowledge to the humans through a psychic link while operating their machines, leading to a profound revelation about the interconnectedness of intelligence across different life forms. The story combines thrilling adventure with thought-provoking ideas about consciousness and the boundaries of science. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hamilton, Edmond, 1904-1977 |
|---|---|
| Title | Proxy Planeteers |
| Original Publication | United States: Better Publications, Inc.,1947. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mercury (Planet) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 68669 |
| Release Date | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 121 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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