The leader and total membership of the otherwise fictitious Sirian Freedom Is recruited as a 'wasp' - an agent provocateur dropped behindĮnemy lines with instructions to cause as much mischief as possible.

So, to win, we need to do somethingĬleverer than fight them head on. Humanity is at war with the evil Sirian Empire: we have the better tech,īut they have superior numbers. Put the two themes together, and you get the classic Wasp. 1959ĮFR had two main themes: pompous authority figures being outwitted byĬlever subordinates, and entire alien races being no match for a singleĬanny human. 1957 Why is one of the alien visitors so worried about the gift of two dogs? Study in Still Life. 1955 What not to do when you misplace your Offog Into Your Tent I'll Creep. 1954 Why doesn't the powerful Empire swat the annoying Barb antagonists? Allamagoosa. 1952 A powerful anti-war polemic Weak Spot. How to do this without worrying all the different aliens? I am Nothing. 1952 Earth's sun is dying, so humans have to find other homes. 1950 A lone Martian poet on a post-apocalyptic Earth helps rebuild civilisation. Then the natives invite them round for dinner.

1948 Twenty-two spaceships from Huld land and prepare to conquer the planet. Its mixed crew of terrans and chess-loving Martians, after a meteor 1941 How Emergency Pilot Jay Score saves the Upskadaska City, and 1946 The Lords of Terror, leaders of the great interstellar Empire, encounter a strange lone humanoid Hobbyist. (In Like Nothing on Earth )Ĭontents Metamorphosite.

Wasp by eric frank russell