Book description
From: The Shaldron Race To: The Human Race Greetings: Your presence on
this planet has been noted and the reason for your visit analyzed by our
instrumentsWe have, therefore, taken the liberty of selecting one of
your party for our first contact, one whom we feel is best suited to
grasp the motivations of both our races and arrange for future group
contacts. Peter Collard stared at the message with a cold feeling of
foreboding. He felt pity for the poor devil. "Who is this selected
contact?" "Ah, now," Dyson became suddenly interested in
the papers on the table. "Well, I'm sorry and all that but, as a
matter of fact, they want you." Philip E. High (1914 - 2006)
Philip Empson High was an English science fiction author. Born in
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire in 1914, his writing career spanned over 50
years and encompassed 14 novels and numerous short stories. Philip E.
High made his name initially in the 1950s with a series of short stories
for magazines such as Authentic Science Fiction, New Worlds and Nebula.
A collection of his short fiction, The Best of Philip E. High, was
published in 2002.
