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Second Landing: A Positronic Book
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781515460466
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 7 2023
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A thoughtful exploration of first contact-and the uneasy realization that humanity may not be alone in returning.
In Second Landing, Murray Leinster revisits the frontier of space with a characteristic blend of clarity and conceptual precision. When explorers attempt to establish a foothold on a distant world, they discover evidence that humanity is not the first to arrive-or perhaps not even the first to return. The promise of expansion quickly gives way to questions of ownership, legacy, and coexistence.
Leinster's storytelling emphasizes practical problem-solving and cultural tension rather than spectacle, grounding speculative ideas in human behavior and institutional decision-making. As with much of his mid-century work, the narrative reflects postwar optimism tempered by uncertainty about expansion into the unknown. Second Landing stands as a concise and intelligent example of Golden Age science fiction's engagement with colonization and responsibility.
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