Monster, the (1948) [Short Story]
by A.E. van Vogt
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A dead race of monsters, inhabiting weed-choked, crumbling cities awaits resurrection from an alien species bent on conquering the known universe. The monsters are bipedal, slender, with a small round skull resting on a frail spine -- or so Enash can tell from their skeletons. His people are curious as to what happened to these creatures, so they will use their technology to resurrect a few and question them. But they will get more than they have bargained for...
Published in Astounding (August 1948). Reprinted in:
- Destination: Universe!
- The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
Original title: The Monster
Alternative titles: Resurrection
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Alien Beings→ First Contact
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Other Side of the Moon, the (1966) [Anthology]
Authors: Ray Bradbury
, Lord Dunsany
, A.E. van Vogt
, Clark Ashton Smith
, Frank Belknap Long
, Nelson S. Bond
, Donald Wandrei
, Will F. Jenkins
, S. Fowler Wright
, P. Schuyler Miller
Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, the (1992) [Anthology]
Authors: Arthur C. Clarke
, Ursula K. Le Guin
, David Brin
, Rudyard Kipling
, H. G. Wells
, William Gibson
, George R. R. Martin
, Brian W. Aldiss
, Harry Harrison
, Frederik Pohl
, Cordwainer Smith
, Thomas M. Disch
, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
, Bruce Sterling
, James Blish
, Larry Niven
, A.E. van Vogt
, Clifford D. Simak
, Norman Spinrad
, Paul J. McAuley
, J. G. Ballard
, Gene Wolfe
, Lewis Padgett
, Jack Williamson
, Raccoona Sheldon
, Hilbert Schenck
, John W. Campbell
, Frank L. Pollock
, Stanley G. Weinbaum
, James H. Schmitz
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