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Aliens are often depicted as malevolent despots, unscrupulous pillagers, conniving bureaucrats, or savage warriors. It's refreshing to see aliens in the spotlight at truly benevolent caretakers or maintaining an innocuous presence. Perhaps these latter two extraterrestrial dispositions don't provide as much cinematic grandeur as the former three, but their seemingly innocent temperament easily allows for humor and emotion to bubble up through an author's creative talents; the stories in Gentle Invaders generally follow this line of thought.

Rear cover synopsis:

"The Alien is most often described by science fictionists as a horror-inspiring monster with insidiously evil intentions. Our monsters are different."

Monsters are often synonymous with aliens because of their projected grotesqueness and wildly exotic physiology. But nearly have the stories in this collection feature humanoid aliens. Food for thought:

"How many of the people you see around you every day, the anonymous people that just look a little odd somehow, the people about who you think briefly that they don't even look human--the queer ones you notice and then forget--how many of them aren't human at all in the sense that we understand that word? (Brackett, p.53)"

It's interesting to note that the first four stories are all by female writers: Sasha Miller (1933- ), Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), Miriam Allen deFord (1888-1975), and Zenna Henderson (1917-1983).

The editor, Hans Stefan Santesson, either understood that women do have a place in the science fiction community (seeing their important stories through the 50's and 60's) or the editor found that the women better understood the benevolent of innocuous disposition of the aliens he had in mind. Sadly, the male writers (William Tenn, Mack Reynolds, and Eric Frank Russell) steal the show with their wowing stories.

CONTENTS

SIT BY THE FIRE - Myrtle Benedict

THE QUEER ONES - Leigh Brackett

FREAK SHOW - Miriam Allen de Ford

SUBCOMMITTEE - Zenna Henderson

UNNATURAL ACT - Edward D. Hoch

THE NIGHT HE CRIED - Fritz Leiber

THE MARTIANS AND THE COYS - Mack Reynolds

QUIZ GAME - Frank Robinson

DEAR DEVIL - Eric Frank Russell

PARTY OF THE TWO PARTS - William Tenn

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Aliens are often depicted as malevolent despots, unscrupulous pillagers, conniving bureaucrats, or savage warriors. It's refreshing to see aliens in the spotlight at truly benevolent caretakers or maintaining an innocuous presence. Perhaps these latter two extraterrestrial dispositions don't provide as much cinematic grandeur as the former three, but their seemingly innocent temperament easily allows for humor and emotion to bubble up through an author's creative talents; the stories in Gentle Invaders generally follow this line of thought. <p>Rear cover synopsis:</p> <p>"The Alien is most often described by science fictionists as a horror-inspiring monster with insidiously evil intentions. Our monsters are different."</p> <p>Monsters are often synonymous with aliens because of their projected grotesqueness and wildly exotic physiology. But nearly have the stories in this collection feature humanoid aliens. Food for thought:</p> <p>"How many of the people you see around you every day, the anonymous people that just look a little odd somehow, the people about who you think briefly that they don't even look human--the queer ones you notice and then forget--how many of them aren't human at all in the sense that we understand that word? (Brackett, p.53)"</p> <p>It's interesting to note that the first four stories are all by female writers: Sasha Miller (1933- ), Leigh Brackett (1915-1978), Miriam Allen deFord (1888-1975), and Zenna Henderson (1917-1983).</p> <p>The editor, Hans Stefan Santesson, either understood that women do have a place in the science fiction community (seeing their important stories through the 50's and 60's) or the editor found that the women better understood the benevolent of innocuous disposition of the aliens he had in mind. Sadly, the male writers (William Tenn, Mack Reynolds, and Eric Frank Russell) steal the show with their wowing stories.</p> <p>CONTENTS</p> <p>SIT BY THE FIRE - Myrtle Benedict</p> <p>THE QUEER ONES - Leigh Brackett</p> <p>FREAK SHOW - Miriam Allen de Ford</p> <p>SUBCOMMITTEE - Zenna Henderson</p> <p>UNNATURAL ACT - Edward D. Hoch</p> <p>THE NIGHT HE CRIED - Fritz Leiber</p> <p>THE MARTIANS AND THE COYS - Mack Reynolds</p> <p>QUIZ GAME - Frank Robinson</p> <p>DEAR DEVIL - Eric Frank Russell</p> <p>PARTY OF THE TWO PARTS - William Tenn</p>

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Author:Hans Stefan Santesson
Publication Year:1969
Language:other
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