"Liberation of Earth" (1953) by William Tenn

First published in the May 1953 issue of Future Science Fiction, this amusing, insightful and thought-provoking satire of human pretentiousness in a galactic environment – the Earth is invaded by warring very-superior, very-different and very-uncaring aliens, with very terrifying results – was one of the best stories of the distinguished university professor Philip Klass (1920-2010), author of some 60-odd excellent science-fiction stories, mostly under the pen-name of William Tenn.

(6,500 words)

With the original Future Science Fiction illustration by Paul Orban, and the magazine-cover artwork by A. Leslie Ross [1].

An e-book of this memorable tale is available for downloading below.

Liberation of Earth (e-book)