Star of Panadur

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Star of Panadur

by Albert dePina, Henry Hasse

EN·~22 minutes·1 chapter

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1 total

Star of Panadur

22:34

Description

A desperate cold grips Europa’s barren surface, where two surviving crew members struggle against hunger, a crippled ship, and the unforgiving ice. When they stumble upon a silvery, three‑foot creature with luminous eyes, the discovery sparks both hope and tension. Hugh sees something more than meat in the animal’s strange, intelligent stare, while his companion Jim is fixated on the immediate promise of food and warm fur.

As they argue over the creature’s fate, the eerie silence of the moon seems to press in, and the creature’s unusual glow hints at an unknown purpose. The men’s fragile alliance begins to crack under survival’s pressure, and a subtle, almost psychic resonance from the beast suggests that Europa may hold secrets far deeper than a simple source of sustenance.

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Language

en

Duration

~22 minutes (21K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

May 28, 2020

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Albert dePina

Albert dePina

d. 1957

A little-known but memorable pulp-era science fiction writer, he specialized in fast-moving space opera packed with interplanetary adventure. His stories appeared mainly in the 1940s and helped give magazines like Planet Stories some of their breezy, colorful energy.

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Henry Hasse

Henry Hasse

1913–1977

A lively figure from early science fiction fandom, this American writer is best remembered for collaborating on Ray Bradbury’s first professionally published story and for imaginative tales like He Who Shrank. His work captures the energetic, idea-driven spirit of pulp-era science fiction.

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