Project Gutenberg 2024-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 224 Wilson, Richard 1920 1987 Wilson, Dick Halibut, Edward Powers, Richard M. 1921 1996 Powers, Richard Gorman Powers, Richard G. (Richard Gorman) Powers, Richard Michael Gorman Gorman, Terry 30-day wonder Thirty-day wonder $aNew York, NY :$bBallantine Books, $c1960. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "30-Day Wonder" by Richard Wilson is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around Sam Kent, a witty reporter who becomes embroiled in the extraterrestrial advent of the Monolithians, a seemingly peaceful alien race arriving on Earth to establish interplanetary relations. As news of their presence unfolds, the narrative explores themes of diplomacy, societal reactions to the unfamiliar, and the absurdity of bureaucracy. The opening of the story introduces Sam Kent amid an ordinary day at his newsroom, where a lack of news leads him to expect an uneventful shift. That changes dramatically when reports of an alien ship landing at the Burning Tree Country Club surface. As Sam and his colleagues begin to unravel the implications of this news, the narrative takes a satirical turn, highlighting the juxtaposition of mundane newsroom life with the extraordinary arrival of extraterrestrial visitors. The aliens, who claim to come in peace, announce their desire to sign a treaty, prompting questions about their true intentions and the reactions of Earth's governments. The stage is set for a humorous yet thought-provoking exploration of how humanity interfaces with the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240126142533wilson 1960 US Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Legal stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction Dictatorship -- Fiction Peace treaties -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 384880 2025-07-29T06:10:35.785849 text/html 359310 2024-04-10T17:33:37 text/html 494916 2025-07-29T06:10:42.785830 application/epub+zip 494721 2025-07-29T06:10:37.317869 application/epub+zip 334649 2025-07-29T06:10:36.419867 application/epub+zip 786438 2025-07-29T06:10:47.009838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 762491 2025-07-29T06:10:42.150859 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358645 2025-07-29T06:10:34.272890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 338846 2024-04-10T17:33:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18474 2025-07-29T06:10:47.201800 application/rdf+xml 29757 2025-07-29T06:10:36.741826 image/jpeg 4716 2025-07-29T06:10:36.574844 image/jpeg 900868 2025-07-29T06:10:35.827880 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