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One Man’s Poison by Robert Sheckley
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Starving astronauts contemplate eating alien food. |
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Title: One Man’s Poison
Author: Robert Sheckley
Length: Short story
First Publication: Galaxy Science Fiction, 1953
What the Story is About: Two starving astronauts find what may be a cache of food on an alien planet. Should they eat it?
The story’s teaser:
They could eat a horse, only luckily there was none … it might have eaten them first!
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Categories: 1950-1959 • Aliens & Monsters • Biochemistry • Galaxy Science Fiction • Sheckley - Robert • Short Fiction
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