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Featured Human-alien encounters

Home fires

by Gene Wolfe

Chelle and Skip have been separated by Chelle's tour of duty in a war against aliens from distant solar systems.

Human-alien encounters Imaginary wars and battles Relativity (Physics) Extraterrestrial beings
Author Gene Wolfe
Published Jan
Format Book

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About Home fires

Chelle and Skip have been separated by Chelle's tour of duty in a war against aliens from distant solar systems. They find their relationship complicated by time differentials that cause an injured and war-weary Chelle to age only a few months while Skip reaches his forties.

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