Invaders from Earth

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Author(s):

Robert Silverberg

First Pub:

1958

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Subject(s):

Science fiction

Chapters:

20 chapters

Internal ID:

13595

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Boggs and Grennell -
The Deans of Science Fiction

First Sentence:

Ted Kennedy had a premonition the night before.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The ship began to plunge down toward its destination; Kennedy smiled calmly to himself and waited for the landing.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Per isfdb.org: Silverberg's 1958 novella "We, the Marauders" and 1958 novel Invaders From Earth are nearly the same story, with mostly the same text, but Invaders From Earth is about 10,000 words longer and the cuts create a different resolution to the main character's personal story.

Extract not on file

Added: 28-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 28-Mar-2023

01-Jul-1968

Avon Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jul-1968

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$0.60

Pages*:

142

Catalog ID:

S365

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13134

Publisher:

Avon Books

ISBN:

Unknown

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Don Crowley - Cover Artist

TO
JUSTIFY
GENOCIDE

KENNEDY HAD A JOB TO DO. IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HE WAS PAID TO DO A JOB, AND HE DID IT.

HIS JOB WAS TO CONVINCE THE EARTH'S POPULATION THAT A HAPLESS RACE OF SAPIENT CREATURES LIVING PEACEFULLY ON A DISTANT PLANET MUST BE DESTROYED AS A MENACE TO THE EARTH...

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Avon Printing, July, 1968

01-Jul-1968
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Robert Silverberg
Birth: 15 Jan 1935 Brooklyn, New York, USA

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