Aanbieding Aliens : Why They Are Here – Brian Appleyard

“Since 1947, aliens have poured from the abyss that lies between ourselves and the world.” So begins Bryan Appleyard’s dazzling survey of one of the most pervasive yet under-reported phenomena of modern times: aliens — what they are, why they are here, and what they say about us. Before science and technology took hold of our lives we called them different things: angels, demons, goblins. But in the post-nuclear world, in which man has discovered his cosmic insignificance, our need for aliens has reached t…