With Friends Like These
by Alan Dean Foster · first published 1977
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For a funny take on this, read With Friends Like These by Alan Dean Foster. Aliens are scared to death of humans, and with good reason. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/35128.With_Friends_Li...
on “What's Earth's dominant species by mass?” ↗…isolated behind a force field because it's considered so dangerous until an alien empire under pressure from an undefeatable foe has no option but to ask for help. No spoilers but it's a good story... With Friends Like These https://archive.org/details/withfriendsliket00fost Another great story from that collection inspired the board game "Car Wars".
on “What Should We Do If Extraterrestrials Show Up?” ↗Tonally, this thread reminds me a lot of the short story "With Friends Like These..." by Alan Dean Foster: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/35128.With_Friends_Li...
on “Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we explain our calendar” ↗Makes me think of the short story "With friends like these..." by Alan Dean Foster, in which one aspect of the story has people on a future Earth living what appears externally to be a very simple (maybe hunter-gatherer) lifestyle, while still having (hidden)…
on “What we want is a hunter gatherer lifestyle with space age tools (2022)” ↗