Project Gutenberg 2021-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 127 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill Special Delivery Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy January 1952 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Special Delivery" by Kris Neville is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story follows Parr, an advanceman sent as the vanguard for an impending alien invasion of Earth, tasked with ensuring that every person on the planet receives a special package before the attack begins. The novel explores themes of identity, loyalty, and the psychological impacts of an upcoming war, primarily through the experiences of Parr and his encounters with an enigmatic enemy known as the Oholo. The opening of the book introduces readers to Parr, who arrives on Earth under the guise of handling a mission related to package deliveries. As he settles into his surroundings, he grapples with his role in the invasion, carefully managing the tension between his duties and his growing unease regarding the consequences of his actions. Time is slipping by as Parr struggles against the pressure from an Oholo counterpart who senses his presence. As the narrative unfolds, it becomes a tense interplay of mental and physical confrontations, setting the stage for the escalating conflict that threatens to expose both the aliens’ intentions and Parr’s own unraveling psyche. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction War stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 185168 2025-06-26T06:48:40.379383 text/html 164087 2024-10-18T15:03:50 text/html 527006 2025-06-26T06:48:43.661360 application/epub+zip 528625 2025-06-26T06:48:41.021450 application/epub+zip 137755 2025-06-26T06:48:40.650390 application/epub+zip 525452 2025-06-26T06:48:45.673357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516638 2025-06-26T06:48:43.372435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201224 2022-09-29T16:29:09.951284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174286 2025-06-26T06:48:39.871373 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154484 2024-10-18T15:03:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17681 2025-06-26T06:48:45.797345 application/rdf+xml 28387 2025-06-26T06:48:40.800370 image/jpeg 4772 2025-06-26T06:48:40.724377 image/jpeg 1405110 2025-06-26T06:48:40.409384 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