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Humans on alien worlds

10 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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
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.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية