The Martian
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · April 21, 2016
Many writers of science fiction, who have not given the matter much thought, assume that a man of intelligence from one planet would meet a cordial and sympathetic welcome on another world.
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- Who it’s for
- A visitor's experience on another world, where education offers no guarantee of welcome.
- Themes
- Alien-world encounter, Communication barriers, Danger from unfamiliar societies
- Genres
- Alien Contact
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Many writers of science fiction, who have not given the matter much thought, assume that a man of intelligence from one planet would meet a cordial and sympathetic welcome on another world. It is assumed that people are everywhere educated, curious about other worlds and other cultures, and eager to help a visitor from an alien race. Unfortunately there is no assurance that such is the case.
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Even were the members of another race, on another world possessed of education, there would be bound to be among them low and brutish elements. And if a stranger from another world, dazed by new conditions and unable to make his wants known, were to fall into their hands his fate might not be happy. We have read no story that pictures with such clarity and insight the experiences of a man on another world than his own, than does this present story. With the basis of a splendid plot Mr. Hilliard has worked up a simply marvelous story.
Another World's Welcome
A visitor's experience on another world, where education offers no guarantee of welcome.
Come here for
- A visitor's experience on an unfamiliar world
- The difficulty of making his wants known
Expect
- Unfamiliar conditions that leave a stranger dazed
- The possibility of danger among local inhabitants
Where it sits
| Alien Contact | 73% |
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Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Authors
- Allen Glasser
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- April 21, 2016
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Alien-world encounter · Communication barriers · Danger from unfamiliar societies
- Reading lane
- The Classics