Visit to a Small Planet story
An alien from the planet X-47 who is fascinated by human beings visits Earth.
10 total · 3 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| emotionless emotion craving being | major | Kreton, a being from a race of aliens that moved beyond the need to reproduce and experience emotions, traveled to Earth and fell in love. |
| love triangle | major | Ellen Spelding had romantic feelings for both Conrad and Kreton. |
| romantic love | major | Ellen Spelding had romantic feelings for both Conrad and Kreton. |
| father and daughter | minor | Roger Putnam Spelding and Ellen Spelding. |
| flying saucer | minor | Kreton flew to Earth in a flying saucer. |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | Kreton's arrival on Earth caused a flying saucer scare. |
| intergalactic space travel | minor | Kreton flew to Earth from another galaxy. |
| mind reading ability | minor | Kreton could read the minds of people. |
| romantic jealousy | minor | The emotionlesss alien Kreton experienced various human emotions, including jealousy when he got into a rivalry with Conrad over Ellen. |
| telekinetic ability | minor | Kreton manifested psychokinetic abilities to much comic effect and taught Ellen to use her mind to move things in the world. |