Mack Reynolds 1 hr 22 min read

An alien landing on Earth might be misled by a one-sided view, or it might be the Earthmen who are being misled.

Mack Reynolds's 1960 story follows agent Henry Kuran back from Peru into a tale of Cold War maneuvering and cross-purposes, drawing on the author's real-world travels. Sharp, worldly social SF with a wry political eye. Read it for smart golden-age SF about espionage, ideology, and who is really fooling whom.

In its time

Published in 1960, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

1 hr 22 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

John Schoenherr