Project Gutenberg 2021-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 117 Silverberg, Robert 1935 Knox, Calvin M. Martin, Webber Mitchell, Clyde Jarvis, E. K. Burke, Ralph Homecoming Horde Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1958 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Homecoming Horde" by Robert Silverberg is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. The story explores themes of isolation, fear, and the fragility of humankind in the face of overwhelming extraterrestrial forces. It focuses on an apocalyptic scenario where the last surviving human, overwhelmed by loneliness and the threat of alien invaders, contemplates his fate as the end of human civilization looms. In the narrative, Haverford, a reclusive radio operator, discovers that he is possibly the last man on Earth after the arrival of the Lanthaii, a chilling alien species intent on conquering the planet. As he barricades himself in his room, he struggles with the growing silence of his fellow ham operators, who one by one fall victim to the alien onslaught. The novella vividly captures Haverford's escalating paranoia and desperation as he clings to the hope of survival while facing the reality of being utterly alone. In a haunting climax, he confronts the alien invaders, and the story concludes with a poignant contrast between the insignificance of a common Earth fly and the monstrous alien horde, leaving readers with a sense of tragic irony. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Radio -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 35737 2025-07-26T04:08:53.248382 text/html 12021 2024-10-18T13:14:25 text/html 403129 2025-07-26T04:08:55.079397 application/epub+zip 401975 2025-07-26T04:08:53.706422 application/epub+zip 58655 2025-07-26T04:08:53.442377 application/epub+zip 433698 2025-07-26T04:08:56.286380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426757 2025-07-26T04:08:54.849433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 83577 2022-09-29T10:15:06.678785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29544 2025-07-26T04:08:53.134384 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9764 2024-10-18T13:14:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17043 2025-07-26T04:08:56.420368 application/rdf+xml 30950 2025-07-26T04:08:53.555379 image/jpeg 4748 2025-07-26T04:08:53.497380 image/jpeg 658295 2025-07-26T04:08:53.261437 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 More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar