Complex sentence: Larry Verdansky, a repair technician assigned alone on Station Five is interested in siliconies, the silicon based life forms found in the asteroids which grow to a maximum size of two inches by absorbing gamma rays from radioactive ores.
Split into simpler sentences: Larry Verdansky, a repair technician assigned alone on Station Five, is interested in siliconies, the silicon-based life forms found on some asteroids. The creatures typically grow to a maximum size of two inches by absorbing gamma rays from radioactive ores.