The Trouble With Aliens

The stories are a little dated in parts, but this should be expected from stories written between 50 to 60 years ago.But like all good sci-fi, the message behind the stories stand up despite their age.The messages tend to be those most present during the cold war era. Beware of those offering free g......more

This is an anthology of stories about human encounters with aliens. Although they all come from the same author, they don't appear to be all part of the same storyline. Most of the stories are of alien encounters and battles, but a few involve cooperation between species. An interesting collection of......more

Nice enough but didn't age well The stories are combined by a common theme of human confrontation with (mostly) hostile aliens and their (mostly) psychic powers. The protagonists are all tough square-jawed men who smoke cigars and make all the right decisions. The few women in-between are either rece......more

as much as I love Sci-Fi I have no idea how I missed this author before now; but now that I've found him I have much more reading to do. This collection of short stories tell a great adventure of humans in space.......more

Humans on the space frontiers may have enough problems with befuddled bureaucrats, rules that don't fit the realities of very dangerous situations, and general rear-echelon incompetence without bringing in unfriendly aliens, but it's that kind of universe. On the other hand, as master satirist Chris......more