Project Gutenberg 2008-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 10704 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van The Aliens Produced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1959. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Aliens" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The book explores the themes of contact, communication, and conflict between two different species—humans and the enigmatic Plumies—during humanity's expansion through the galaxy. As the story unfolds, the human crew of the spaceship "Niccola" embarks on a mission to investigate and establish contact with the Plumies, leading to a tense and intricate series of events that challenge their perceptions of intelligence, hostility, and cooperation. In the narrative, we follow Jon Baird, a radar technician aboard the "Niccola", and the ship's crew as they respond to a dramatic encounter with a Plumie ship. Initial suspicion quickly escalates into a conflict when the human crew misinterprets the Plumies' intentions. After a fierce exchange that results in the "Niccola" and Plumie ships colliding and becoming fused together, both crews must navigate their differences and work together, highlighting the precarious nature of interspecies relations and the human capacity for misunderstanding. As tension mounts, they must decide whether to forge a path of hostility or cooperation, culminating in revelations about their respective technologies and ultimately shifting the narrative from one of conflict to one of potential friendship and collaboration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Space flight -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 117410 2025-07-10T06:03:23.944041 text/html 118535 2009-01-08T15:36:28 text/html 423221 2025-07-10T06:03:27.336995 application/epub+zip 423865 2025-07-10T06:03:24.877006 application/epub+zip 105307 2025-07-10T06:03:24.145057 application/epub+zip 568631 2025-07-10T06:03:28.961984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557479 2025-07-10T06:03:26.602072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149707 2022-09-11T08:24:08.831386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103620 2025-07-10T06:03:23.719031 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103457 2009-01-08T15:35:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21178 2025-07-10T06:03:29.086028 application/rdf+xml 22624 2025-07-10T06:03:24.210007 image/jpeg 4208 2025-07-10T06:03:24.177031 image/jpeg 417432 2009-01-08T15:36:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 39062 2009-01-08T15:36:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 417648 2025-07-10T06:03:23.966014 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia