Alien Invasion Guide
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The 1950s went a little crazy with this genre, in books but especially in movies. In those days, it tended to verge over close to horror without actually crossing over. (Remember, in real horror, the bad guys win. Only in Hollywood is the monster defeated by the heroic guy, his romantic interest, the older scientist, and occasionally a plucky sidekick who might survive.)