Open Prison
Also known as The Escape Orbit.
STRANDED ON A PLANET OF MONSTERS
When the survivors of his starship were taken prisoner by the
insect-creatures against whom Earth had fought a bitter war for nearly a century, Sector Marshal Warren expected to be impounded in a prison
camp like those the EArthmen maintained. But the "Bugs" had a simpler
method of dealing with prisoners - they dumped them on an uninhabited
planet, without weapons or tools, and left them to fend for themsselves
against the planet's environment and strange monsters. A "Bug" spaceship orbited above, guarding them.
Escape was impossible, the "Bugs" told them - but it was absolutely necessary, for reasons Warren couldn't tell even his own men.
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James White
James White, 1928-1999, was the creator of the famed Sector General stories about a huge intergalactic, multi-species hospital. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has lived there his entire life. White's writing is particularly noteworthy for endlessly inventive aliens and alien environments. He started writing science fiction in 1953, besides the Sector General stories and novels, perhaps his most famous works are the novel The Watch Below, and the Hugo nominated story "Custom Fitting." In addition to his professional work, James White was a mainstay of Irish Fandom for more than forty years, contributing distinguished and creative essays to fanzines like Slant and Hyphen.
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