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| Star paperback, 1982. Cover painting by Attila Hejja. |
"They were in deep space, past the point of no return, when the saboteur struck. There were plenty of suspects, including an experimental robot, and many possible motivations. But when they found the first body, they knew they were facing a ruthless killer who would murder them all if he was not caught - and blow up the ship if he was."
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| Mayflower-Dell paperback, 1963. Cover artist uncredited. |
"That the Nipe had embarked on its incredible career of robbery and murder had been, more or less, an accident. After all, it was a civilised being of high intelligence, intent only on establishing contact with the Earth's real people. These pitiful creatures with only two eyes and four limbs, with their very slow reflexes and their savage weapons, couldn't be the ruling life form! Why, they didn't even keep the customs - and any civilised species must surely adhere to ritual."
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| Lancer paperback, 1969. Artwork by Bill Skurski |
"Aliens aren't Human!
No matter what the shape of an alien body or how great the intelligence of an alien brain, a creature born under another star and reared on another planet is not a man. He (or it) will not think, feel or react as a human would in the same circumstances - which doesn't mean that aliens cannot be thinking, feeling, or reacting creatures. When one Nipe is shipwrecked on earth, the entire race of man finds itself in a ten-year battle against a different mind - a battle to gain ten million years of alien knowledge - a battle to win the stars!"
