The Blue Peril

( French - Le Peril Bleu - 1911 )

novel by Maurice Renard

translated by Brian Stableford

Published: Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2010 ( French Science Fiction 35 )
ISBN: 193555817X / 9781935558170

Black Coat Press ( Barnes & Noble ) - Nook - 2011
BN ID: 2940013876095

Black Coat Press ( Amazon ) - Kindle - 2011
ASIN: B006KNNOTU


synopsis
This novel postulates the existence of unimaginable, invisible creatures who lived in the upper strata of the atmosphere and fish for men the way men captured fish. These aliens, dubbed “Sarvants” by the human scientists who discover them, feel threatened by our incursions into space the way men would be threatened by an invasion of crabs, and retaliate by capturing men, keeping them in a space zoo and studying them. Eventually, when the Sarvants come to the realization that men are intelligent, they release their captives.

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