Episode 261: Alien Invasion Horror Stories
Season 5, Episode 261, Jul 27, 08:45 PM
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Alien lifeforms scare us because they represent the ultimate unknown: beings that may not think, feel, or behave in any way we understand. Unlike familiar threats, aliens could possess technologies far beyond ours, motives we can’t comprehend, and forms that defy biology as we know it. They challenge our sense of control and place in the universe, forcing us to confront the possibility that we’re not alone… and that whatever is out there might not be friendly. This fear taps into our deepest anxieties about invasion, extinction, and the fragility of human existence.
First up this evening we have the classic ‘The Terrible Tentacles of L-472’, an old-school work by the wonderful Sewell Peaslee Wright, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29255/pg29255-images.html#p332
Our second tale of terror is the classic ‘The Earthman's Burden’, an old-school work by the wonderful R. F. Starzl, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31893/pg31893-images.html#The_Earthmans_Burden
We round things off with the classic ‘The Gate to Xoran’, an old-school work by the wonderful Hal K. Wells, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30177/30177-h/30177-h.htm#xoran
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29255/pg29255-images.html#p332
Our second tale of terror is the classic ‘The Earthman's Burden’, an old-school work by the wonderful R. F. Starzl, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31893/pg31893-images.html#The_Earthmans_Burden
We round things off with the classic ‘The Gate to Xoran’, an old-school work by the wonderful Hal K. Wells, freely available in the public domain and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30177/30177-h/30177-h.htm#xoran