Martians, Go Home

New York: Dutton, 1955. Book Club Edition. Tan octavo with green stamping in dark green jacket with red text; x, 174p DJ in good condition, showing some scuffing, several small closed tears and small dampstains on back of jacket; minor edgewear; a very good copy with clean pages; age-toned leaves and light bumping to spine head and foot; prior owner sticker on front pastedown, now in archival mylar. Hardcover.

Fredric Brown, author "The Lights in the Sky are Stars", pens a humorous and rollicking science fiction tale of Little Green Men and their mischievous visit to a certain Luke Devereaux: "They had unattractive personalities to go with their greenness. They respected no one. They insulted everyone. And they wouldn't go away, no matter how intimate the scene they intruded upon. They could (and would) read secret papers and tell all--and no collection of love letters, or Top Secret documents was safe against their prying eyes or gossiping tongues. By theirantics htey paralyzed the entertainment industry, melted the Iron Curtain, and brought the world to a business standstill. Only the psychiatrists, the churches and the purveyors of liquor could survive the ensuing mayhem. What happened then--in Luke's life and in the life of the world at large--makes this Fredric Brown\s fastest and funniest science fiction novel to date."