Project Gutenberg 2008-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 65 Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.) 1915 2004 Wallace, Floyd L. Wallace, Floyd Lee Wallace, F.L. Second Landing Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Second Landing" by F. L. Wallace is a science fiction novel published in the early 1960s. The story unfolds as two alien beings, Ethaniel and Bal, journey through space to Earth, where they are confronted with humanity’s perilous situation, marked by impending nuclear warfare. The aliens grapple with their conscience regarding whether to intervene and help the fragile planet, weighing the futility of humanity's self-destructive tendencies against their own moral responsibilities. The narrative follows Ethaniel and Bal as they observe life on Earth from their spacecraft, gathering information about human behavior and technological advancements. They eventually decide to interact with humans, landing separately on the planet during a winter holiday season. Employing their advanced technology, they illuminate their ship to capture the attention of Earth’s inhabitants, who see the aliens as angels. Despite initial skepticism and the challenges posed by Earth’s hostile environment, both aliens manage to foster a tenuous peace among humans, believing that their intervention will stave off total destruction. The story reflects on themes of empathy, intervention, and the shared vulnerabilities of both extraterrestrial and human cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Christmas stories Science fiction, American Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 40617 40618 2024-10-10T15:22:58.513243 2023-09-11T07:00:52.307099 text/html text/html 36643 2021-01-03T10:51:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 14184 2021-01-03T10:51:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 80998 2024-10-10T15:23:02.486260 application/epub+zip 79847 2024-10-10T15:23:00.215245 application/epub+zip 79847 2024-10-10T15:22:59.110270 application/epub+zip 149393 2024-10-10T15:23:04.078263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142642 2024-10-10T15:23:01.807281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109250 2022-09-11T12:53:04.602224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34516 34415 2024-10-10T15:22:58.260257 2023-09-11T07:00:52.140103 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34387 2021-01-03T10:51:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13078 2021-01-03T10:51:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20779 2024-10-10T15:23:04.205215 application/rdf+xml 11189 2024-10-10T15:22:59.641250 image/jpeg 3101 2024-10-10T15:22:59.374242 image/jpeg 77658 2024-10-10T15:22:58.518252 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia