
by - MURRAY LEINSTER
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Transcriber's note:
THIS WORLD IS TABOO
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An off‑beat interstellar medical crew drifts toward a distant star system, its tiny ship humming with overdrive and its pilot, Calhoun, chatting with a curious little tormal named Murgatroyd. The pair’s routine inspection mission turns into a delicate dance of protocol and curiosity as they prepare to land on Weald Three—a planet that hasn’t seen a health‑check in over a decade. Leinster mixes dry humor with vivid star‑navigation detail, giving listeners a sense of the vast, unfamiliar galaxy while keeping the focus on the quirky camaraderie between man and pet.
As the Med Ship drops its anchor, an impatient local authority questions the vessel’s credentials, hinting that bureaucracy in deep space can be as hostile as any alien pathogen. The tension builds around the simple act of asking for coordinates, setting the stage for a series of cultural missteps and scientific puzzles. Listeners are invited to wonder how a modest crew will navigate the unknown rules of a world that has been left untended for years, all while the familiar scent of coffee drifts through the cockpit.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (210K characters)
Series
Med Service
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2006-04-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1896–1975
Best known for brisk, idea-packed science fiction, this prolific American storyteller helped shape classic genre themes long before many of them became standard. Writing under a pen name, he produced an enormous body of fiction and is still remembered for influential stories such as "First Contact" and "Sidewise in Time."
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