โ Scribed by Aldiss, Brian W.
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Invisible aliens invade the bucolic English countryside in Brian W. Aldiss & rsquo;s Nebula Award & ndash;winning science fiction novella, plus nine other stories of the fantastic and the odd A meteor shower in the skies above the rolling English countryside late in the nineteenth century fires the imagination of a young man with a penchant for science & mdash;especially when one of the falling rocks breaks off from the rest and lands at the bottom of a pond near the Benford farm. While the young man & rsquo;s curiosity has been seriously aroused, Farmer Benford and his clan couldn & rsquo;t be less interested & mdash;not even when there & rsquo;s a sudden, curious rash of animal births, they notice odd, lingering, pervasive smells, and the family dog dies inexplicably. Still, the young man is not willing to abandon his investigation into these strange occurrences, even as it becomes increasingly apparent that to keep looking could prove injurious & mdash;and perhaps even fatal & mdash;not only to himself but to every Benford in the vicinity. Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss wrote his wonderfully strange and gripping novella & ldquo;The Saliva Tree, & rdquo; as a tribute to H.G. Wells, the immortal author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, and it was honored with a Nebula Award. Included alongside this classic tale of creeping alien terror are nine other sparkling gems of short fiction & mdash;from the grisly baby steps of a novice serial killer, to the travels of a history professor through alternate worlds, to the journey of a young widow who has both a murderer and a monster vying for her attention.;Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; The Saliva Tree; Danger: Religion!; The Source; The Lonely Habit; A Pleasure Shared; One Role with Relish; Legends of Smith's Burst; The Day of the Doomed King; Paternal Care; The Girl and the Robot with Flowers; Acknowledgements; Copyright Page.
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