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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aLeinster, Murray,
_d1896-1975
245 1 4 _aThe Aliens
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1959.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-01-01
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Aliens" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The book explores the themes of contact, communication, and conflict between two different species—humans and the enigmatic Plumies—during humanity's expansion through the galaxy. As the story unfolds, the human crew of the spaceship "Niccola" embarks on a mission to investigate and establish contact with the Plumies, leading to a tense and intricate series of events that challenge their perceptions of intelligence, hostility, and cooperation. In the narrative, we follow Jon Baird, a radar technician aboard the "Niccola", and the ship's crew as they respond to a dramatic encounter with a Plumie ship. Initial suspicion quickly escalates into a conflict when the human crew misinterprets the Plumies' intentions. After a fierce exchange that results in the "Niccola" and Plumie ships colliding and becoming fused together, both crews must navigate their differences and work together, highlighting the precarious nature of interspecies relations and the human capacity for misunderstanding. As tension mounts, they must decide whether to forge a path of hostility or cooperation, culminating in revelations about their respective technologies and ultimately shifting the narrative from one of conflict to one of potential friendship and collaboration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aExtraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
653 _aSpace flight -- Fiction
700 1 _aVan Dongen, H. R.,
_d1920-2010
830 0 _aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1959.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24104
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