Groff Conklin. Invaders of Earth (1952) A nicely done collection of invader stories, with enough twists to satisfy even the reader of current speculative fiction. About the only thing none of the authors attempt is a truly alien alien. Not surprising, since every example is pulp or popular magazine fiction, whose authors couldn’t afford to speculate too far outside of their putative readers’ boxes.I won’t summarise any of the stories. The Wikipedia article lists all 22 stories published in the original hard-cover edition. This Tempo Books edition, contains only 17. All first rate examples of their genre. A keeper, despite its age. Or maybe because of it. ***
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