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100 1 _aLewis, Richard O.
245 1 0 _aEarthmen Die Hard!
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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490 1 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy June 1954
500 _aRelease date is 2021-09-15
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Earthmen Die Hard!" by Richard O. Lewis is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book explores the theme of human resilience and adaptability in the face of extraterrestrial threats, weaving a narrative about a contaminated Earth and the attempts of alien inspectors to eliminate the threat. The story centers on two alien characters, Inspector Ryt and his subordinate Krembyl, as they grapple with the failure to properly decontaminate Earth, which has become populated despite prior attempts to eradicate the Earthmen. Ryt's growing frustration with Krembyl's repeated failures to manage the contamination leads to a frantic urgency to act before the situation spirals out of control. Meanwhile, on the human side, a couple is reveling in the hope of escaping the turmoil of their home planet, unaware of the lurking dangers and the actions of their extraterrestrial overseers. As the alien inspectors devise a drastic plan to eliminate the human presence, the narrative builds tension and explores themes of survival, bravery, and the consequences of underestimating one's enemy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1954
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aEarth (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aTerry, W. E.,
_d1921-1992
830 0 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy June 1954
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66312
999 _c107134
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