Magazine cover: Astounding Science Fiction (April 1956); review of “Legwork” by Eric Frank Russell (British Edition, Vol. XII, No. 9, September 1956), 49-86.
Published soon after Russell’s classic novel ‘Three to Conquer’, this SF invasion novelette upends the scenario by pitting everyday human grunts against what should be an all-powerful alien telepath. Russell’s distinctive prose ensures that, 70 years on, readers are still carried along. #Legwork