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Να ένα θαυμάσιο (και μικρό) διήγημα επιστημονικής φαντασίας από τον New Yorker. Λέγεται «The Invasion From Outer Space», το ‘γραψε ο Στίβεν Μίλχαουζερ, και περιγράφει μια αλλόκοτη εισβολή εξωγήινων, πολύ ωραία και μελαγχολικά.

The story broke a little after ten in the morning. The TV anchors looked exactly the way we knew they’d look, their faces urgent, their hair neat, their shoulders tense, they were filling us with alarm but also assuring us that everything was under control, for they, too, had been prepared for this, in a sense had been waiting for it, already they were looking back at themselves during their great moment. The sighting was indisputable but, at the same time, inconclusive: something from out there had been detected, it appeared to be approaching our atmosphere at great speed, the Pentagon was monitoring the situation closely. We were urged to remain calm, to stay inside, to await further instructions. Some of us left work immediately and hurried home to our families, others stayed close to the TV, the radio, the computer, we were all talking into our cells. Through our windows we could see people at their windows, looking up at the sky.