Alien invasion – The End and After

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1972

August 24, 2023

Summary Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extra-terrestrial event called the Visitation that took place in several locations around the Earth over a two-day period. The Visitation zones exhibit strange and dangerous phenomena not understood by humans, and contain artefacts with inexplicable properties. The title of the novel derives from an analogy … More Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1972

The Genocides by Thomas M Disch, 1965

June 10, 2023

Summary The Genocides describes the genocide of humans by aliens who seed Earth with enormous Plants. The Plants are massive and rapidly out-compete terrestrial flora, forming a monoculture. They appear unwholesome to the native fauna, and the extinction of all Earthly life seems inevitable. Review Excerpt from ‘100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels’ by Stephen E. … More The Genocides by Thomas M Disch, 1965

The War of the Worlds, HG Wells (1898)

November 18, 2022

Summary When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end … More The War of the Worlds, HG Wells (1898)