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Hard Landing
Published 1993 by Warner Books · 199 pages
Nebula · 1994
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Algis Budrys on these ballots
3 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 1959–1994
Synopsis
When a starship crashes in a New Jersey swamp in the early 1950s, its humanoid alien crew scatters into American society, each trying to build a secret life among unsuspecting humans. Told through an investigative reconstruction of their fates, the novel follows decades of concealment, betrayal, and one crew member's dangerous exploitation of alien knowledge for earthly power.
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