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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aSlesar, Henry,
_d1927-2002
245 1 0 _aSpace brat
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Fantastic January 1958.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-05-24
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Space Brat" by O. H. Leslie is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around an alien invasion that seeks to conquer Earth by starting from the most vulnerable point: a human baby. The narrative explores themes of trust, societal perceptions of infancy, and the complexities of human nature through the lens of extraterrestrial observers. In the plot, a war council from the alien planet Nahrla devises a strategy to infiltrate Earth by sending a disguised agent in the form of a baby. The aliens believe that humans have an ingrained trust for infants and that this guise would allow them to gather information unimpeded. The story alternates between the aliens’ council meetings and the unfolding life of the Bryan family, who adopt the infant, unaware of its true nature. As the narrative progresses, the contrasting perceptions of humans and aliens towards babies highlight both the innocence associated with infancy and the darker, destructive intentions of the invaders. The climax reveals the tension between the couple and the alien plot, ultimately leading to an unexpected conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1957
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aEarth (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic January 1958.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73674
999 _c114399
_d114399