The Miracle of the Lily story
The future people of Earth offer to help the Venusians with their insect problem.
14 total · 3 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| displacement by a rising new species | major | Insects evolved intelligence and challenged humans for dominion over the Earth. |
| endangered species | major | Plants had gone extinct on the Earth by the year 3928. What is more, humans had begun a campaign to exterminate all insects around the year 2900, and Delfair explained how he has seen the last living insect, which was held in captivity. |
| Venusian extraterrestrial | major | The people of Earth were shocked to find that the Venusians were insectoid in nature upon making televised contact with them. |
| boredom | minor | Nathano described his world of the year 3928 to be soulless and dying from a self-inflicted boredom. |
| city planet | minor | Nathano, writing in the year 3928, explained that cities had proliferated all across the Earth by his time. |
| flying car | minor | Delfair was flying to work at Oxygen Plant No. 21 in his "volplane" which one gathers is a flying car. |
| insectoid being | minor | The humans were horrified to discover that their Venusian friends were actually insectoids that wanted to exterminate a mammal infestation on their planet. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | minor | The Martians were described as a self-satisfied people. |
| nuclear fission power | minor | Nathano used an atomic powered excavator at one point. |
| planetary weather control system | minor | Toward the end of the story Nathano described how temperature and rainfall was regulated on Earth. |