Saturday, March 07, 2020

ETs want Earth!

    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. ***
By Wolf Kirchmeir at

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