Murray Leinster 1 hr 27 min read

Med Ship officer Calhoun and his little tormal Murgatroyd travel the spaceways bringing medicine and reason to isolated colony worlds, where the real disease is often human folly.

Murray Leinster's 1957 collection launches his beloved Med Service series of interstellar doctor-detectives. Sharp, humane, clever golden-age SF. Read it for the ingenious adventures of a physician of worlds, solving crises of health, sabotage, and society across the galaxy.

In its time

Published in 1957, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

1 hr 27 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

H. R. Van Dongen