Trouble with the Natives
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"Trouble with the Natives" | |
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Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Published in | Lilliput |
Publication date | August 1951 |
"Trouble with the Natives" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1951. This comic story describes the pains of aliens visiting an English village, as every effort at contact with humans gets frustrated. The story was also published as "The Men in the Flying Saucer".
This story has similarities with History Lesson & Rescue Party - in all three stories, aliens draw naive & humorous conclusions about humans from little information.
External links
- Trouble with the Natives title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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