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Men, Martians, and Machines, a collection of four stories by Eric Frank Russell first published in 1955. Any of these covers look familiar?

"Mechanistria", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1942, available at the Internet Archive.

"Symbiotica", also the answer to this question; first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943, available at the Internet Archive.

The other two stories in the collection are "Jay Score", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1941, available at the Internet Archive, and "Mesmerica", first published in this collection.

Men, Martians, and Machines, a collection of four stories by Eric Frank Russell first published in 1955. Any of these covers look familiar?

"Mechanistria", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1942, available at the Internet Archive.

"Symbiotica", also the answer to this question; first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943, available at the Internet Archive.

The other two stories in the collection are "Jay Score", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1941, available at the Internet Archive, and "Mesmerica", first published in this collection.

One story was about a machine planet where the machines capture a few of the crew and were ready to dissect them alive in an effort to learn what life was. They had been taken intelligent crab like creatures from a nearby planet in their solar system and dissecting them for years.

The crew quickly learns the trees are carnivorous with very large flat leaves that can swing down and with a very sticky resinous underside trap and lift animals that come to near there trunks.

One story was about a machine planet where the machines capture a few of the crew and were ready to dissect them alive in an effort to learn what life was.

The crew quickly learns the trees are carnivorous with very large flat leaves that can swing down and with a very sticky resinous underside trap and lift animals that come too near their trunks.

"Symbiotica", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943, available at the Internet Archive.

"Symbiotica", also the answer to this question; first published in Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943, available at the Internet Archive.