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The Trial Of Terra by Jack Williamson (Publisher: ACE books D555) in London, Essex for sale

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Nice reading copy. Will mail anywhere at cost or you can collect.. Txt or email For Details. A corrupt Quarantine Service official, Wain Scarlet, arrives at a hidden base on Earth’s moon. Officials have been observing the inhabitants and reinforcing the quarantine of Earth until it can be judged whether the inhabitants are indeed humans, civilized, worth exploiting commercially, and worth accepting into the the civilization of worlds. Wain Scarlet is under the impression before he arrives that he’s civilized and that the Earthlings are little more than savages whom he hopes to exploit. The problem is that Scarlet lacks the ultimate sign of civilization — advanced psionic training. So, he comes into the situation with a chip on his shoulders. Williamson has the unfortunate tendency to explain ANY and ALL future technology as psionic based. The word appears on every page! Often to this degree: the woman wore a psionic dress, based on psionics, which Wain Scarlet couldn’t fully appreciate because he didn’t have the full psionic treatment. I exaggerate. Slightly. A series of stories are presented to him as evidence. Two show the good side of Earth’s humanity. In ‘Man Down’ (1952) a prince from a matriarchal society lands in the Great Plains and is befriended by some women. He decides to stay — i.e. he prefers a non-matriarchal society. In short, he’s emancipated! ’The Man from Outside’ (1951) follows an archaeologist who postulates that Earth, despite its backwardness, is actually the place of origin for all species. He goes on an undercover expedition to Earth where a religious Inspector overseeing his activities tries to prevent him from uncovering Atlantis. The story showing the negative aspects of humanity, ‘The Happiest Creature’ (1953), is harrowing. A zookeeper finds an earthling for his collection — the problem is that the man is an escaped murderer from New Mexico. Scarlet must decide from this evidence whether to admit Earth to the civilized worlds, continue the quarantine, or blow up Earth’s sun for an ambiguous ”blinker project.”