by Leigh Brackett · Livros do Brasil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789723813388
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«A Chegada dos Terrenos» is the science fiction story anthology by Leigh Brackett, published by Livros do Brasil in paperback (192 pages).
A dying Mars sees the arrival of the Terrans, whose presence irritates secret tribes and strains the ruins of forgotten civilizations. Only a few renegade Earth adventurers, who have assimilated the Martian way of life, understand the approaching disaster and the dangers of cities like Jekkara, Barrakesh and Valkis.
Original title: The Coming of the Terrans. Portuguese edition published in 1993. Translation by António Porto.
For readers of space opera and planetary adventures.
Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production.
