Project Gutenberg 2024-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 170 Slesar, Henry 1927 2002 Leslie, O. H. Mitchell, Clyde Jarvis, E. K. Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Space brat $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1957. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Space Brat" by O. H. Leslie is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around an alien invasion that seeks to conquer Earth by starting from the most vulnerable point: a human baby. The narrative explores themes of trust, societal perceptions of infancy, and the complexities of human nature through the lens of extraterrestrial observers. In the plot, a war council from the alien planet Nahrla devises a strategy to infiltrate Earth by sending a disguised agent in the form of a baby. The aliens believe that humans have an ingrained trust for infants and that this guise would allow them to gather information unimpeded. The story alternates between the aliens’ council meetings and the unfolding life of the Bryan family, who adopt the infant, unaware of its true nature. As the narrative progresses, the contrasting perceptions of humans and aliens towards babies highlight both the innocence associated with infancy and the darker, destructive intentions of the invaders. The climax reveals the tension between the couple and the alien plot, ultimately leading to an unexpected conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240320164312leslie 1957 US Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 39232 2025-06-29T07:20:45.286280 text/html 14710 2024-05-22T16:01:14 text/html 422545 2025-06-29T07:20:48.187256 application/epub+zip 421329 2025-06-29T07:20:46.535330 application/epub+zip 215362 2025-06-29T07:20:45.752325 application/epub+zip 1079801 2025-06-29T07:20:49.397284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1072886 2025-06-29T07:20:47.689248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32248 2025-06-29T07:20:45.167257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12456 2024-05-22T16:01:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17325 2025-06-29T07:20:49.848304 application/rdf+xml 33529 2025-06-29T07:20:46.099298 image/jpeg 5252 2025-06-29T07:20:45.922260 image/jpeg 1726480 2025-06-29T07:20:45.309265 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