30 Day Wonder

By Richard Wilson

1960

First Published

3.14

Average Rating

177

Number of Pages

5H24M

Audio Length

30 Day Wonder is a great tale in which Aliens comically invade Earth, written by science fiction specialist, Richard Wilson The story revolves around a reporter—a good one—who’s an average guy with a sense of humor and reasonable views about the rights of his fellow man. Maybe that’s why the Monolithians picked him to head up their public-relations program. After all, they had to reach a lot of average people and even though they were invulnerable, they couldn’t afford to take chances. Because they had a message, and EVERYBODY had to be convinced. So he didn’t have any choice in the matter…That’s where the system went wrong…no choice. Act peaceful. Love thy neighbor. Obey the law. Why, people could go mad living that way. And many would.

Avg Rating

3.14

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

4 STARS

29%

3 STARS

57%

2 STARS

14%

1 STARS

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Author

Richard Wilson

Author · 7 books

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name Richard Wilson (1920–1987) was a Nebula Award winning American science fiction writer and fan. He was a member of the Futurians, and was married at one time to Leslie Perri. His books included the novels The Girls from Planet 5 (1955); 30-Day Wonder (1960); and And Then the Town Took Off (1960); and the collections Those Idiots from Earth (1957) and Time Out for Tomorrow (1962). His short stories included "The Eight Billion" (nominated for a Nebula Award as Best Short Story in 1965); "Mother to the World" (nominated for the Hugo for Best Novelette in 1969 and winner of the Nebula in 1968); and "The Story Writer" (nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1979). (source: Wikipedia:)