Shakespeare's Planet

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Shakespeare's Planet is a science-fiction book by Clifford D. Simak. It is about a man, Carter Horton, who is stranded on a planet.

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Carter Horton and three other crew are sent on a mission to find a planet which would be suitable for human life. They are put in deep sleep in till they arrive, however due to a systems malfunction Carter is the last one left alive, when he makes it to the planet he finds that he has been in deep sleep for about two thousand year and that ship he made it there one refuses to return to earth. The only living thing he discovers is carnivore, who claims that there is a inter-space tunnel which is the only way to leave the planet.

However the due to a danger on the planet the tunnel has been shut down. The danger is soon revealed in the form of a massive beast, however carnivore kills the beast but dies in the process. The makers of the tunnel, a mysterious race of whom nothing is known, return to reopen the tunnel, Carter however leaves with the ship.