Paul W. Fairman 3 hr 30 min read

It began when a pedestrian was hit by a cab in New York, the only motor mishap in history to reach out among the stars, registering far off in space: something has gone wrong.

Paul W. Fairman's 1963 novel is a taut AI-and-first-contact thriller of a hidden alien invasion. Sharp, gripping golden-age SF. Read it for a tense story where doctors find their accident victim has two hearts, and Earth discovers it has been infiltrated by ten uncanny beings whose purpose must be uncovered before it's too late.

In its time

Published in 1963, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

3 hr 30 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).