The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat
Just finished reading "The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" by Paul S. Newman, published by Whitman Books as the 12th book in their 2000 series of Big Little Books back in 1967.
For those who came in late, my membership in the now defunct Big Little Book Club of America was revoked because I had the actual temerity to read and post reviews of the Big Little Books in the 2000 series - the last hardcover Big Little Books that Whitman published.
Newman was one of the writers of the Big Little Books in Whitman's 2000 line and he primary wrote the Big Little Books for live action television shows, which "The Invaders" was.
Architect David Vincent accidentally learns of a secret alien invasion already underway and thereafter travels from place to place attempting to foil the aliens' plots and warn a skeptical populace of the danger. Other plot elements include Vincent's grim and lonely determination to find "tangible proof of the invaders’ existence" despite having become a "quasi-famous object of public ridicule"; the aliens' success in hiding their plots, undermining Vincent's credibility and killing off those who also discover them in ways disguised as a natural death; and the constant tension over whether the individuals Vincent comes across are humans or aliens. As the series progresses, Vincent is able to convince a small number of people to help him fight the aliens.
"The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" would have been a spot on as an actual episode of the series.
When David Vincent learns of a man who discovered a mysterious piece of metal that fell from the sky, he makes arrangements to visit the man and soon finds evidence of a plot by The Invaders to destroy humanity by launching missiles from space powered by radioactive waste generated here on Earth.
"The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" is a great original story in the show's universe. Note: Whitman had plans to publish a Star Trek Big Little Book, and while though plans fell through, they did publish the first original Star Trek novel "Mission to Horatius" by Mack Reynolds, as part of their "Authorized TV Adventure" line of books back in 1968.
I rescued my reading copy of "The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" from the Pecan Park Flea Market here in Jacksonville, Florida.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Invaders-12-Al...
For those who came in late, my membership in the now defunct Big Little Book Club of America was revoked because I had the actual temerity to read and post reviews of the Big Little Books in the 2000 series - the last hardcover Big Little Books that Whitman published.
Newman was one of the writers of the Big Little Books in Whitman's 2000 line and he primary wrote the Big Little Books for live action television shows, which "The Invaders" was.
Architect David Vincent accidentally learns of a secret alien invasion already underway and thereafter travels from place to place attempting to foil the aliens' plots and warn a skeptical populace of the danger. Other plot elements include Vincent's grim and lonely determination to find "tangible proof of the invaders’ existence" despite having become a "quasi-famous object of public ridicule"; the aliens' success in hiding their plots, undermining Vincent's credibility and killing off those who also discover them in ways disguised as a natural death; and the constant tension over whether the individuals Vincent comes across are humans or aliens. As the series progresses, Vincent is able to convince a small number of people to help him fight the aliens.
"The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" would have been a spot on as an actual episode of the series.
When David Vincent learns of a man who discovered a mysterious piece of metal that fell from the sky, he makes arrangements to visit the man and soon finds evidence of a plot by The Invaders to destroy humanity by launching missiles from space powered by radioactive waste generated here on Earth.
"The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" is a great original story in the show's universe. Note: Whitman had plans to publish a Star Trek Big Little Book, and while though plans fell through, they did publish the first original Star Trek novel "Mission to Horatius" by Mack Reynolds, as part of their "Authorized TV Adventure" line of books back in 1968.
I rescued my reading copy of "The Invaders - Alien Missile Threat" from the Pecan Park Flea Market here in Jacksonville, Florida.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Invaders-12-Al...
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