Series
Ralph Kennedy
Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides · 1 novel · 4 novelettes · 1953–1962
Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides's When They Come from Space is a satirical science-fiction novel skewering the military-industrial complex and society's need for heroes, built around characters Clifton had introduced in earlier short fiction. It follows investigator Ralph Kennedy's involvement in an extraterrestrial-contact case played largely for absurdist comedy.
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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By decade
- 1950s4
- 1960s1
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 75% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- When They Come from Spacedarkest
- Remembrance and Reflectionbrightest · calmest
- Sense from Thought Dividemost intense