The Space Children story
A brain from outer space visits Earth and communicates telepathically with the children of a group of scientists who are planning a nuclear war. The alien brain helps the children to sabotage their parents' rockets to prevent the war.
12 total · 8 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brain-shaped being | major | A brain from outer space visits Earth and communicates telepathically with the children of a team of scientists. |
| child power | major | Humanity is saved from nuclear annihilation by a group of children that were acting under the direction of a brain from outer space. |
| father and son | major | Dave Brewster and Ken and Bud Brewster. |
| husband and wife | major | Dave Brewster and Anne Brewster. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | A team of government scientists were working a project to put hydrogen bombs in orbit around the Earth and were worried that other nations, left unnamed, would beat them to it with disastrous consequences. |
| nuclear weapons | major | A team of government scientists were working on a project to put hydrogen bombs in orbit around the Earth. |
| orbital weapons | major | A team of government scientists were working on a project to put hydrogen bombs in orbit around the Earth. |
| the Cold War | major | A team of government scientists were working a project to put hydrogen bombs in orbit around the Earth and were worried that other nations, like the Soviet Union, would beat them to it with disastrous consequences. |
| brother and brother | minor | Ken and Bud Brewster. |
| father and daughter | minor | Hank Johnson and Eadie Johnson. |