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Anvil's repeated appearances in ''Astounding''/''Analog'' were due in part to his ability to write to one of Campbell 's preferred plots: alien opponents with superior firepower losing out to the superior intelligence or indomitable will of humans.

While it's questionable if the humans actually win in this one, probably the typical Anvil short story is "Pandora's Planet," which appeared first in ''Astounding Magazine'' in September 1956 . It has since been reprinted several times.


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  • "The natives showed considerable low cunning in using the brute force at their disposal."

  • "Go squat in a thorny tree !"



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