Testing by Jr. Sam Merwin
The enchanted kingdom by Nevis Shane is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The book likely follows a space pilot who discovers a small, tradition-steeped human colony on a remote world that has been selected for a devastating weapons test, probing themes of duty, political ambition, and self-sacrifice to prevent a larger catastrophe. Echelon Leader Hannibal Pryor, relegated to a routine survey before a planet-buster demonstration, finds unexpected
human life on Rigel IV: a tiny, close-knit settlement calling their world Nevis and led by a wise patriarch known as the Dominie. After reporting the discovery, Pryor lingers among the hospitable villagers, only to wake to his ship’s destruction and the test sequence already underway. With the Dominie, he revives an ancient transmitter to alert Interstellar Control and invoke the colony’s old charter, yet he realizes the main bomb is likely already inbound. Resolute, the Dominie chooses to face annihilation so that the illicit destruction of an inhabited, titled world will expose the Star Marshal’s overreach and forestall an even greater interstellar war, while Pryor, chastened and admiring, stands with him to await the inevitable. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Merwin, Sam, Jr., 1910-1996 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Hunter, Mel, 1927-2004 |
| Title | Testing |
| Original Publication | New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1956. |
| Series Title | Produced from Fantastic Universe, March 1956 (Vol. 5, No. 2.). |
| Credits | Sean/IB and Tom Trussel |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Subject | Space colonies -- Fiction |
| Subject | Weapons -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77357 |
| Release Date | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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