Four from Planet 5
Four from Planet 5 is a science fiction novel by Murray Leinster. It was released in 1959 by Fawcett Publications under their Gold Medal Books imprint reference number S937. The novel details the arrival of a spaceship carrying four seemingly human children from an advanced civilisation close to a US scientific research base in Antarctica and the events that subsequently unfold. This story appeared in the September 1959 edition of Amazing Science Fiction under the title Long Ago Far Away.
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| Author | Murray Leinster |
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| Cover artist | Paul Lehr |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gold Medal Books |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 160 pp |
| OCLC | 2205587 |
Plot introduction
Soames is an underpaid researcher based at the Gissel Bay research station in Antarctica and is secretly in love with a visiting reporter, Gail Haynes. They and US W.A.C. Captain Moggs set out to investigate the arrival and crash landing of what appears to be a spaceship. Events soon unfold as the US government's attempts to hush up the alien landing are frustrated by the press.
External links
- Paul Lehr Cover at ISFDB
- Four from Planet 5 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database