The space visitors

by Edmond Hamilton

The Space Visitors

By Edmond Hamilton

Illustration by Paul

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Air Wonder Stories March 1930.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

Just as we look upon fish as inhabitants of the ocean, so some beings from outer space may look upon us as being inhabitants at the bottom of an atmospheric ocean.

Such beings, possibly gigantic in size and power, coming in the vicinity of our earth, may, for purposes of curiosity or exploration, decide to discover what we queer beings are, and what this little planet is that we inhabit.

That such beings may have actually come near the earth, is asserted forcibly by Charles Fort in his amazing book, "The Book of the Damned," in which he brings forward evidence to show that over a period of the past 150 years there has been evidence of strange extra-terrestrial activity, presumably from sentient beings.

As Mr. Hamilton so truthfully points out, we beings of the earth are not at all isolated. Any day we may have plunged upon us an enemy from space that would have no more regard for our civilization than we have for those of the ants and other insects.

How we may combat such enemies, Mr. Hamilton shows in quite a remarkable story.