Planet of the Damned

Brion suddenly realized that he was wet with blood, his clothing sodden. His stomach rose at the thought and he clutched the edge of the sand car. Killing like this was too pers...

"Well, you can help me right now. I checked the personnel roster and discovered that out of the twenty-eight people working here there isn't a physical scientist of any kind--ot...

"Shall I turn around so you can stare at the back too?" she asked Brion. Five days' experience had taught him that this type of remark was best ignored. It only became worse if...

As soon as she was out of the shadow of the rock the sunlight burst over her again in a wave of hot pain. She fell unconscious at once. Brion picked her up and staggered forward...

"It's done even more than that," Lea said, separating the convolutions of the gray matter with her scalpel to uncover a green filament beneath. "These tendrils penetrate further...

"You must be Brion Brandd," he said. "I have to tell you how sorry we all are that your friend Ihjel and the two others--had to die, after coming so far to help us. I'm sure you...

"You're losing me," Lea protested. "Either I'm still foggy from the dope, or you are suddenly unable to speak a word of less than four syllables. You know--whenever this happens...

He still found it difficult to have any pity for them. They had obviously been willing to accept money to destroy another planet--or they wouldn't have been working here. They h...

Telt dead! The brutal impact of the man's death had driven all thought of its consequences from Brion's mind. Now he began to realize. Telt had never sent word of his discovery...

The pack was just behind him, voiceless and deadly. He could not gain on them--if anything, they were closing the distance as he pushed his already tired body to the utmost. The...

"No promises," Brion said, giving a tentative squeeze to one bicep. "It should be enough time, though. Tomorrow I start mild exercise and that will tighten me up again. Now--tel...

Physical survival has been guaranteed. But what about mental survival? Primitive Earth Eskimos can fall into a long doze of half-conscious hibernation. Civilized men might be ab...

[Transcriber's note: This etext was produced from the 1962 book publication of the story, which was originally published in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction, Sept.-Nov. 1961....

As they looked through the port Dis began slowly to contract. Their ship drew away from it, heading towards Nyjord. They sat apart, without touching now. Leaving Dis meant leavi...