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The Menace from Earth

Pages
278
Published
1962
Language
English

Synopsis

To the inhabitants of a Pluto colony, Earth represents their only hope against a deadly fate. Meanwhile, on Earth itself, a mysterious alien intelligence roams the skies, abducting humans for unknown reasons. This collection of stories explores the vastness of space and the unknown dangers that lurk within.

About the author

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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction writer, born in Butler, Missouri. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929 and served in the Navy until 1934, afterwards studying mathematics and physics briefly at UCLA. He sold his first story, "Life-Line", to Astounding Science Fiction in 1939 and became one of that magazine's leading contributors. In the late 1940s he was among the first science fiction authors to place work in general-interest magazines such...