Dorothy Heydt wrote:

>That one could be Christopher Anvil's "The Gentle Earth." The
>aliens land during the summer, conquer some territory,
>interrogate some natives, start writing reports on interesting
>Earth legends. Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, snow, rain, tornado,
>UFOs, hurricanes, Bigfoot .... Meanwhile, the humans are sort of
>hanging on, waiting for General Winter to do his thing and being
>amused by the fact that the aliens who have landed in warmer
>climes (e.g., Florida) are coming down with such maladies as
>influenza and heartworm. _Astounding_, November 1957.

Sounds a bit like a War of the Worlds update :-)

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ciao,
Bruce

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In article <200712211756.lBLHuouO006715@ipp.mpg.de>,
Bruce Scott TOK <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:
>Dorothy Heydt wrote:
>
>>That one could be Christopher Anvil's "The Gentle Earth." The
>>aliens land during the summer, conquer some territory,
>>interrogate some natives, start writing reports on interesting
>>Earth legends. Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, snow, rain, tornado,
>>UFOs, hurricanes, Bigfoot .... Meanwhile, the humans are sort of
>>hanging on, waiting for General Winter to do his thing and being
>>amused by the fact that the aliens who have landed in warmer
>>climes (e.g., Florida) are coming down with such maladies as
>>influenza and heartworm. _Astounding_, November 1957.
>
>Sounds a bit like a War of the Worlds update :-)

Much more fun.

Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@kithrup.com