Humans on alien worlds

13 books

A Bottle of Old WineRichard O. Lewis · 1953A 1953 science fiction short story by Richard O. Lewis about a discontented husband in a future society where people escape reality through illegal teleportation suits, plotting to murder his domineering wife while living secret double lives.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Big AncestorF. L. Wallace · 1954A science fiction novella from 1954, first published in Galaxy Science Fiction, in which a human expedition hires an alien pilot to help search for the original home world of mankind, whose hundred scattered planetary races can still interbreed with each other.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Despoilers of the Golden EmpireRandall Garrett · 1960A 1960 science fiction novella by Randall Garrett about Commander Frank, a determined soldier of the Second Empire who leads an undermanned, underfunded expedition to an alien world, seeking to force its gold-wearing natives to mine the metal his empire needs.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Howdy!Murray Leinster · 1950A 1950 western short story by Murray Leinster about two old prospectors, longtime enemies, who are the only people left in a deserted gold mining camp and must keep up their wary rituals as the long years pass in the barren hills.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

I'm a Stranger Here MyselfMack Reynolds · 1960A 1960 science fiction story in which two men chatting in a Tangier cafe about flying saucers and alien visitors jokingly claim to be extraterrestrials themselves, each asking where the other is really from.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

NaudsonceH. Beam Piper · 1964Science fiction story about an expedition to a planet with a Class V humanoid civilization, where contact teams try to establish relations with the natives, only to discover the aliens have no ears and cannot hear spoken language.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Once a GreechEvelyn E. Smith · 1958A 1958 science fiction story in which an exploration ship's crew encounters a friendly, apparently primitive humanoid species on a newly discovered planet, with the inept young scout Harkaway having already gone native and strained relations with his exasperated captain.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Best Made PlansEverett B. Cole · 1955A 1955 science fiction short story by Everett B. Cole, in which student Don Michaels watches a televised news broadcast about the pursuit and final standoff of a corrupt police commissioner who turned terrorist against the nation of Oredan.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The hand of GodMurray Leinster · 1945A 1945 short story by Murray Leinster in which a Southern sheriff defends a confessed murderer from a lynch mob, despite seemingly conclusive evidence, while townspeople attribute the killer's capture to the hand of God.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The K-FactorHarry Harrison · 1960A science fiction novella by Harry Harrison, first published in 1960, about a young Societist sent to the planet Himmel to survey a culture whose readings may signal a coming crisis, while his Societics-trained methods and the UN's interests come into conflict.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Secret of the Ninth PlanetDonald A. Wollheim · 1959A 1959 science fiction novel for young readers in which Burl Denning joins an expedition aboard the spaceship Magellan, journeying to the solar system's planets to investigate the mysterious theft of sunlight from Earth.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The SnareRichard Rein Smith · 1957A 1957 science fiction short story in which explorers on the Moon discover a huge alien vessel half buried in the Mare Serenitatis. When they enter it, they become trapped as the mysterious craft carries them into space.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Vilbar PartyEvelyn E. Smith · 1955A 1955 science fiction short story about Narli Gzann, the first Saturnian exchange professor to teach on Earth, who expects to be shunned by intolerant humans but instead finds himself welcomed, fussed over, and constantly fed.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية