What I call the four Wellsian themes (see here) include alien invasion. Is there a sub-sub-genre in which the "aliens" are Terrestrial in origin? - e.g.:
The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham;
War With The Newts by Capek.
I also thought of Wyndham's The Kraken Wakes because its aliens come from the sea but googling reveals that they had first come from space. See here.
I have just bought War With The Newts, previously unread, and it might generate further comparisons with Anderson who, of course, addressed alien invasion at least twice.
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Kaor, Paul!
And Anderson wrote a story about how a scientist discovered there was an alien co-habiting Earth alongside mankind in "Night Piece."
And I keep forgetting the triffids of Wyndham's THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS were not from OFF Earth. But I thought Anderson's "Superior" in "Night Piece" more interesting.
Sean
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