Ecological Onslaught-Jack Vance novelette

Ecological Onslaught-Jack Vance novelette

AKA: The World Between (author’s preferred title)

Ecological Onslaught is a 29 page novelette first published in May, 1953 in the magazine Future Science Fiction under the alternate title “The World Between.”  A potentially habitable planet is discovered by beings from the planet Blue Star who are in direct competition with residents of another planet called Kay.  When the Blue Star explorers try to introduce organisms to the planet to eventually make it habitable, the Kay citizens, who want the planet for themselves, decide to release diseases and predators to disrupt things. This quickly becomes an ecological battle between two planets. It is an interesting story and enjoyable to read. I’ve read three times so far and rated it a 4 each time.

Included in the Jack Vance collection titled The World Between and Other Stories (1965)

Included in the Jack Vance collection titled The Worlds of Jack Vance (1973)

Included in the Jack Vance collection titled Moon Moth and Other Stories (1976 British issue)

Included in the Jack Vance collection titled When the Five Moons Rise (1992)

Included in the Jack Vance collection titled Minding the Stars: Early Jack Vance, volume 4 (2014)

Included in the Jack Vance collection titled Golden Girl and Other Stories (2017)