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Aliens have long been a staple of science fiction--at least since H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. Aliens who come to Earth are usually invaders or the saviours of humanity.
In Spider and Jeanne Robinson's Stardance, a ballet/jazz troupe uses dance in orbital space to communicate with a newly discovered alien species.
Esther Rochon's Coquillage is about a shelled creature who engages in an intimate relationship with humans.
The Silent Invasion is a highly original comic book retelling of the 1950s paranoid science fiction theme of the secret alien conspiracy. Starship Invasions was a cinematic retelling of the classic alien confrontation story.
Agénor, Agénor, Agénor et Agénor
Barcelo, François
Montréal: Quinze, 1980.
In an imaginary country (which could be Quebec at the end of the nineteenth century) Marie-Clarina Euterpe, daughter of Agénor 1, and the villagers of Sans-Hommes-ni-Rivières see three flying objects that look like saucers and then meet a little green creature that Marie-Clarina takes home with her. This is Agénor 2. Then come Agénor 3, and finally, Agénor.
Agénor, Agénor, Agénor et Agénor, © TYPO.
Brontomek!
Coney, Michael
London: Victor Gollancz, 1976.
Saving the planet Arcadia from economic collapse seems to depend on a takeover by robots and aliens, signalling a bleak future for the human colonists.
The Twenty-Seventh Day
Mantley, John
London: Michael Joseph, 1956.
Four human beings have been given an incredibly powerful weapon by an alien race. The question is whether they will be able to resist using it for 27 days. Only then will they be able to prevent the invasion and destruction of Earth.
Cover reproduced by permission of Michael Joseph Ltd.
Stardance
Robinson, Spider and Jeanne
New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1980.
In a graphic example of art as communication, a dance troupe uses its art form to communicate with a newly discovered alien species in outer space.
Coquillage
Rochon, Esther
Montréal: La Pleine Lune, 1985.
The huge empty shell at the edge of the river is somehow associated with the mysterious disappearance of a group of people who had once lived there. And that is just one of the strange and terrible happenings near this odd tourist attraction.
Courtesy of Les Éditions de La Pleine Lune.
The Harvest
Wilson, Robert Charles
New York: Bantam Books, 1993.
Very few people would refuse the chance to become immortal. Some recognize that the price might be too great. Others are determined to fight back to avoid their fate.
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