[Gutenberg 23799] • Cry from a Far Planet

[Gutenberg 23799] • Cry from a Far Planet
Authors
Godwin, Tom
Tags
human-alien encounters -- fiction , short stories , science fiction
Date
1951-03-11T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.10 MB
Lang
en
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"A smile of friendship is a baring of the teeth. So is a snarl of menace. It can be fatal to mistake the latter for the former."

"Harm an alien being only under circumstances of self-defense."

TRUST NO ALIEN BEING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

\--From "Exploration Ship's Handbook"

The problem of separating the friends from the enemies was a major one in the conquest of space as many a dead spacer could have testified. A tough job when you could see an alien and judge appearances; far tougher when they were only whispers on the wind.