21stCenturyAnalogBoy
In some divergent reality, the name Sarban could have been spoken of in the same breath as John Wyndham or Philip K. Dick. In an alternative universe, he could have become one of the giants of post World War II science fiction. But like many of his fictional characters, Sarban was a person out of [...]
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Reader’s Advisory: Alien Invasion, Paranoia Literature and the Cold War
Posted: January 23, 2010 in Reader's Advisory Lists, Science FictionTags: alien invasion, bibliography, Body Snatchers, cold war, good reads, Jack Finney, Joseph McCarthy, librarian, martian, Puppet Masters, reader's advisory, Science Fiction, Starship Troopers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Invasion (film), The Thing, War of the Worlds
Alien invasion and infiltration literature became hugely popular at the onset of the U.S/Russian Cold war. The public became obsessed with the idea that Communists agents were secretly infiltrating America. Of course this paranoia spilled over to popular culture and left us with some of the best (and worst!) novels and films in the history [...]
