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Med Ship Man
Murray Leinster
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Join Space Medical Service officer Calhoun and his sidekick Murgatroyd the tormal on another exciting adventure, this time on what should be a routine visit to the planet Maya, which upon arrival appears to be completely devoid of all life!
Join Space Medical Service officer Calhoun and his sidekick Murgatroyd the tormal on another exciting adventure, this time on what should be a routine visit to the planet Maya, which upon arrival appears to be completely devoid of all life!
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The planet had been colonized for two centuries now, and produced organic compounds of great value from indigenous plants, most of which were used in textile manufacture. There were no local endemic infections to which men were susceptible. A number of human-use crops were grown. Cereals, grasses and grains, however, could not be grown because of the native ground-cover motile-stem plants. All wheat and cereal food had to be imported, which fact severely limited Maya's population. There were about two million people on the planet, settled on a peninsula in the Yucatan Sea and a small area of mainland. Public-health surveys had shown a great many things about a great many subjects ... but there was n. . . Read More
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A small book, can't say liked it a lot.
ENGLISH: This novella is (chronologically) the fifth work by Leinster dealing with Interstellar Med Service and Calhoun, its envoy, together with Murgatroyd, his tormal, assistant and pet.
Calhoun deals with the mysterious disappearance of all the population of a planet. Where have they gone? Why? Wh
Accompanied by his small furry companion, Murgatroyd, Medical Serviceman Calhoun visits the planet Maya to perform a planetary health inspection only to find the capital city deserted. At the same time, another vessel arrives and drops off a brash, abrasive businessman eager to buy land on the plane
The story itself was alright, I liked the world that had been built (reminded me of No Man's Sky) and the plot itself was fine. What I did not enjoy was the writing style, it was not very enjoyably for myself. A decent read, but I would not read again
Very pleasantly surprised to discover this Golden-Age space opera. I enjoy a cozy adventure in outer space, but I also have a fondness for a good medical thriller and mystery. Murray Leinster's "Med Service" stories all roll these three elements into one amazing series.
"Med Ship Man" is one of the s
'Every human occupied world was supposed to have a Med Ship visit atleast once every four years'...... sounds like the relationship between me and my DENTIST..... I cant stand that guy, he mutters under his breath, he shakes his head, he sighs heavily and he smells funny....
The Med Ship Man is a guy
Leinster ended his career as a script writer for 1960s TV classics such as Land of the Giants, so I often think of him as a hack. It was an awful show that even young me, enamored as I was by anything SF, couldn't bear to watch much of it. He made his name as one of the better pulp authors, though.
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An old favorite, space opera adventure at its best.