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Druso
254 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
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Friedrich Freksa
36 booksProlific German writer and publisher
He wrote screenplays, radio plays, crime novels.
In 1931 he wrote an early German science fiction book called Druso - The enslavement of humanity.
He wrote screenplays, radio plays, crime novels.
In 1931 he wrote an early German science fiction book called Druso - The enslavement of humanity.
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July 31, 2019
Druso, or the Stolen World of Humankind (1931) is a classic alien invasion tale.
German protagonist-narrator Alf Bentink and his pregnant Swedish wife Judith Thyrberg undergo the suspended animation process called 'Somnium' (a nod to Johannes Kepler?) expecting to be revived within a hundred years, they are actually awakened three centuries later to find Planet Earth under the dominion of the wandering Planet Druso; the 'robber star'.
The insectoid Drusonians rule most of the now 'barabarized' human race via Oracles and 'return to nature!' priests, except for the 'Atlanteans' who hide at Boothia Felix at the North Pole, where the invaders cannot tolerate the cold, plotting to break the electromagnetic chain binding the parasite planetoid to Earth...
At the climax Bentink must rescue Judith, and their infant daughter Urania, when they are taken to Druso; where selected humans are brought for petting, service, milk and meat...
Translated from the original German by Fletcher Pratt and serialized in Hugo Gernsback's Wonder Stories available here
https://archive.org/details/Wonder_St...
https://archive.org/details/Wonder_St...
https://archive.org/details/Wonder_St...
German protagonist-narrator Alf Bentink and his pregnant Swedish wife Judith Thyrberg undergo the suspended animation process called 'Somnium' (a nod to Johannes Kepler?) expecting to be revived within a hundred years, they are actually awakened three centuries later to find Planet Earth under the dominion of the wandering Planet Druso; the 'robber star'.
The insectoid Drusonians rule most of the now 'barabarized' human race via Oracles and 'return to nature!' priests, except for the 'Atlanteans' who hide at Boothia Felix at the North Pole, where the invaders cannot tolerate the cold, plotting to break the electromagnetic chain binding the parasite planetoid to Earth...
At the climax Bentink must rescue Judith, and their infant daughter Urania, when they are taken to Druso; where selected humans are brought for petting, service, milk and meat...
Translated from the original German by Fletcher Pratt and serialized in Hugo Gernsback's Wonder Stories available here
https://archive.org/details/Wonder_St...
https://archive.org/details/Wonder_St...
https://archive.org/details/Wonder_St...
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