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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Science fiction readers who enjoy mid-twentieth-century space adventure
- Genre fans interested in the tradition of English-language popular science fiction magazines
- Learners who need a short English science fiction text for reading practice
- eBook readers interested in the Project Gutenberg science fiction catalogue
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer hard science fiction with rigorous worldbuilding and scientific extrapolation
- Readers looking for contemporary science fiction or original Chinese-language works
- Readers with little patience for the narrative conventions of early science fiction
Reading tips
- Read the opening chapters first to gauge the pacing before deciding to finish it in one sitting.
- Note how the alien setting and character conflicts are presented, and savour the period style.
- Don't stop to look up every unfamiliar word in the English original; follow the main plot first.
- After reading, compare it with other science fiction short stories of the same period in theme and technique.
About the publisher
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About the author
C. C. MacApp (1917–1971), whose real name was Carroll Mather Capps, was an American science fiction writer. After retiring from work due to illness, he began publishing around 1960 and wrote for magazines such as Worlds of If over many years, steadily producing work for the pulp science fiction market of the 1960s. His fiction often draws on alien invasion and space opera, with tight plotting, bold imagination, and a distinct flavor of genre entertainment. His representative works include Omha Abides, Worlds of the Wall, and Recall Not Earth, and his novella The Mercurymen was nominated for the Nebula Award. Four of his works are held in the collection, including A Guest of Ganymede, Tulan, And All the Earth a Grave, and The Drug; classification information is limited, and public material on him is also scarce, leaving some biographical details to be confirmed. He was also a longtime patron of the chess world in San Francisco.
