{"product_id":"contamination-crew","title":"Contamination Crew","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContamination Crew\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 1958 science fiction short story by Alan E. Nourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrders were orders! The creature had to be killed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut just how does one destroy the indestructible?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA scout ship picks up a blob that consumes everything, organic and inorganic. The doctors aboard are at a loss of how to kill the thing before it eats the ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContamination Crew\u003c\/em\u003ewas first published in\u003cem\u003eIf: Worlds of Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e February 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan Edward Nourse\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928-1992) was an American science fiction author and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His SF works generally focused on medicine and\/or psionics. Psionics refers to the practice, study, or psychic ability of using the mind to induce paranormal phenomena. Examples of this include telepathy, telekinesis, and other workings of the outside world through the psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHis novel \u003cem\u003eThe Bladerunner\u003c\/em\u003e lent its name to the \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e movie, but no other aspects of its plot or characters, which were taken from Philip K. Dick's \u003cem\u003eDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46316753813714,"sku":"40fc212b-6697-3684-bcae-2d6c81fd30c9","price":2.16,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_871d7b84-fbf1-4e30-ade2-3dd0d6d252e8.jpg?v=1762996039","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/contamination-crew","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}