The novel explores the theme of racial tension and social hierarchy through the story of a black astronaut who crash-lands on a planet where the native inhabitants are white-skinned and racist. The astronaut's struggles to survive and communicate with the hostile aliens serve as a metaphor for the African American experience in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
By Floyd L. Wallace · First published 1955 · Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction