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Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster
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Med Serviceman Calhoun ends up on a planet where the inhabitants’ skin condition makes them outcasts. |
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Title: Pariah Planet
Author: Murray Leinster
Length: novella
First Publication: Amazing Stories, 1961. (Also published as “This World Is Taboo”)
What the Story is About: The story features Calhoun of the Interstellar Medical Service. Calhoun ends up on a planet whose inhabitants have a colorful skin condition, and are subjected to famine and racist isolationism by another planet in a nearby solar system.
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Categories: 1960-1969 • Amazing Stories • Leinster - Murray • Medicine • Short Fiction
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