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''Stopping at Slowyear'' is a 1991 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl. ==Plot summary== ''Stopping at Slowyear'' tells the story of an interstellar cargo vessel which runs between out-of-the-way worlds, as it visits a planet called ''Slowyear'' after its 19-year-long revolution around its star. The crew explore the local culture and find several odd customs. Among these is of a sort of death lottery as a punishment for crimes. If someone commits a crime, they are sentenced to take a pill, which depending on the severity of the infraction will have a different probability of being lethal poison. Slowyear's principal industry is raising sheep. During their isolation, their sheep have developed a form of scrapie which is lethal to humans without immunity, such as the crew of the interstellar cargo ship. The crew die from the disease and the story ends. ''Stopping at Slowyear'' addressed prion diseases years before public awareness of mad cow disease was widespread. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stopping at Slowyear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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