Image of the Gods
Image of the Gods
Free DownloadThis etext was produced from The Counterfeit Man - More Science Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse published in 1963. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
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fragile hind legs, the way they stroked their pointed chins as they sat and watched and listened with their pointed ears lifted alertly, watching with soft gray eyes, or the way they handled objects with their little four-fingered hands. They were so remarkably human-like in their elfin way that the colonists couldn't help but be drawn to the creatures.
That whole first summer, when the colonists were building the village and the landing groove for the ships, the Dusties were among them, trying pathetically to help, so eager for friendship that even occasional rebuffs failed to drive them away. They liked the colony. They seemed, somehow, to savor the atmosphere, moving about like solemn, fuzzy overseers as the work progressed through the summer. Pete Farnam thought that they had even tried to warn the people about the winter. But the colonists couldn't understand, of course. Not until later. The Dusties became a standing joke, and were tolerated with considerable amusement--until the winter s
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A well written story, though short, and a bit on the shallow side. An alien race worships humans and saves them from an Earth government gone bad.
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In a colony on a world inhabited by short, furry, four-fingered Dusties, political changes on Earth bring and early supply ship and a series of ultimatums. The colonists decide to defy the new government and fight alone if need be. But then they find out they're not alone.
Good little story. Poignant.
Good little story. Poignant.
01/19/2013
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