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minus-squareVncredleaderhexbear15·3 years agoAnyone got literature on the evolution of this stuff? Like I know the HG Wells connection with the greys and everything, but sociologically why did aliens suddenly become "hairy dwarves" for a bit, etc link
minus-squareculpritus [any]hexbear10·3 years ago “hairy dwarves” (early 1950s) red scares , post-war immigration from eastern Europe perhaps influencing the concept of 'otherness' in fiction? link
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear5·3 years agoA lot of it was people piggybacking stories off one another in UFO magazines until someone else came along with something even wackier link
Anyone got literature on the evolution of this stuff? Like I know the HG Wells connection with the greys and everything, but sociologically why did aliens suddenly become "hairy dwarves" for a bit, etc
red scares , post-war immigration from eastern Europe perhaps influencing the concept of 'otherness' in fiction?
A lot of it was people piggybacking stories off one another in UFO magazines until someone else came along with something even wackier