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The Brains of Earth
Jack Vance · 1966novella
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The Brains of Earth is a science fiction story by Jack Vance published in 1966 by Ace Books. It centers on an invisible parasite called the "nopal" which controls intelligent beings without the hosts being aware of it. This is among many Cold War-era stories that used tales of alien takeovers of people's bodies as an allegory for the paranoia about Communist mind control of the West.
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Placement
- The Early Jack Vance
- contained in Chateau d'If and Other Storiescollection
- contained in Minding the Stars: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Fourcollection
- contained in Nopalgarth: Three Complete Novelscollection
- contained in The Brains of Earth / The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolphomnibus
- contained in The Houses of Iszm and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Worlds of Jack Vancecollection