The Monster, by A.E. van Vogt
Who is the Monster? That’s the question raised by A.E. van Vogt in this surprisingly lasting story of space colonization, alien encounter and “hubris getting clobbered my nemesis” with a little extra hubris setting itself up all over again (thanks, Mr. Aldiss). Two things make this tale stand out from the crowd: one, the fact that we are seeing it from the perspective of the Ganae, a colonizing, fundamentalist, expansive alien race; and two, what it suggests about humanity and our bloodthirstiness. Van Vogt may have been a bit of a hack at times, but that crazy Canuck had some perspectives worth listening to.
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