All were monsters: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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All were monsters is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wellman, Manly Wade (1903–1986).
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"All were monsters by Manly Wade Wellman" is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The tale centers on first contact between a human and an alien scout, using that encounter to explore humanity’s fragility and an outsider’s shock at Earth’s abundant animal life. A solitary farmer is visited by Provvorr, a telepathic visitor who arrives in a ship tailored to match human expectations. Provvorr demonstrates advanced abilities—transmuting a fork to gold, reviving a crushed moth—and explains he is scouting a future colony, assuming humans will soon destroy themselves. But when he encounters the farmer’s dog, Skip, and cat, Oscar, he panics: on his world there are no other animals, and Earth’s creatures are unreadable, uncontrollable “monsters” to him. Repelled by this teeming biodiversity, he abandons the colonization plan. Before departing, he shares a strikingly simple way to avert humanity’s self-destruction—left tantalizingly undisclosed—so the farmer can pass it to the United Nations.
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- Title: All were monsters
- Author credits: Wellman, Manly Wade (1903–1986)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Earth (Planet) -- Fiction
- Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Short stories
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