Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Aegypan (2009), 60 pages
Description
Fiction. Literature. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML: This gripping short story from the golden age of science fiction is a must-read for Simak fans, or for anyone looking for an out-of-this-world adventure. As the denizens of Earth face an invasion from inhabitants of another dimension, the future of the planet hangs in the balance. Will anyone be able to stop the marauding attackers and save the human race?.
User reviews
LibraryThing member HankIII
Great title: unfortunately, nothing but worm-eaten cheese throughout.
LibraryThing member MaowangVater
For six months Earth has been under attack from scarcely visible monsters. At first it was small rural communities that were wiped out, but when a newspaper editor gets the word that "The Horror is attacking London in force. … There are thousands of them and they have completely surrounded the
At first, Woods is taken aback by White’s strangely unique ideas about evolution and extra dimensions. But when White demonstrates an apparatus that transforms a three-dimensional dog into a four-dimensional being and brings back it back again alive and whole, Woods is convinced. Convinced that this is an invasion of four-dimensional beings and that the only way to stop them is to transform humans into a four-dimensional force to counterattack. So, Woods joins another ninety-eight volunteers as they sally forth “to invade the fourth-dimensional plane of these hellhounds.”
From here on it’s a slugfest, a brawl between giants in an alien landscape, where the only thing exceeding the punches thrown are the adjectives used to describe them. And reader Chenevert exuberantly narrates every whiz-bang wallop of the fight with the gusto it deserves.
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city. All roads are blocked.” He sends reporter Harry Woods to interview Dr. Silas White, a man who claims to know something about this mysterious enemy.At first, Woods is taken aback by White’s strangely unique ideas about evolution and extra dimensions. But when White demonstrates an apparatus that transforms a three-dimensional dog into a four-dimensional being and brings back it back again alive and whole, Woods is convinced. Convinced that this is an invasion of four-dimensional beings and that the only way to stop them is to transform humans into a four-dimensional force to counterattack. So, Woods joins another ninety-eight volunteers as they sally forth “to invade the fourth-dimensional plane of these hellhounds.”
From here on it’s a slugfest, a brawl between giants in an alien landscape, where the only thing exceeding the punches thrown are the adjectives used to describe them. And reader Chenevert exuberantly narrates every whiz-bang wallop of the fight with the gusto it deserves.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
60 p.; 5.98 inches
ISBN
160664369X / 9781606643693