The aliens came as invaders, stealing human bodies by the millions. Which is not the horrible part of this story.
"The world is vast and jammed full of mysteries and things that aren’t mysterious to anyone but you. If there is a smarter man than your father, you have not met him. He has books enough to cover walls and other books that come to him on the computer screen, during those hours when there is power. If he doesn’t read much, it is because long ago he consumed and digested the contents of his library. And if he doesn’t remember everything that he has read, at least he can go to the proper shelf and open one or two or ten books, finding an answer that will satisfy at least him, if not quite you."
Robert Reed has written several hundred science fiction stories, published and oftentimes reprinted. Best known for his Great Ship saga, Reed won a Hugo Award in 2007, for his novella "A Billion Eves."
Genre: Science Fiction
"The world is vast and jammed full of mysteries and things that aren’t mysterious to anyone but you. If there is a smarter man than your father, you have not met him. He has books enough to cover walls and other books that come to him on the computer screen, during those hours when there is power. If he doesn’t read much, it is because long ago he consumed and digested the contents of his library. And if he doesn’t remember everything that he has read, at least he can go to the proper shelf and open one or two or ten books, finding an answer that will satisfy at least him, if not quite you."
Robert Reed has written several hundred science fiction stories, published and oftentimes reprinted. Best known for his Great Ship saga, Reed won a Hugo Award in 2007, for his novella "A Billion Eves."
Genre: Science Fiction
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