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Planet of the Damned
Published 1962 by Bantam Books · 135 pages
Hugo · 1962
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2 award entries · 2 books · 0 wins · 1961–1962
Synopsis
Brion Brandd, winner of a grueling planetary survival competition, is recruited to save the planet Doomed from destruction by preventing its fanatical inhabitants from launching a cobalt bomb attack on a neighboring world. Racing against a deadline imposed by the threatened planet's retaliatory fleet, Brandd must uncover the true cause of the population's inexplicable aggression.
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