THE UNFINISHED (1951)
THE UNFINISHED (1951)
SOURCE: "The Unfinished" (Super Science Stories, April 1951) by Frank Belknap Long
DESCRIPTION: "The creatures walked upright and were vaguely lizardlike, but with a raw-skinned aspect of face and limb that made me repudiate the idea that they could be true reptiles. Embryonic! It's tricky, but there's a certain flabby pinkness, a blubbermouth kind of pinkness which suggests the unformed, the monstrous." ("The Unfinished" by Frank Belknap Long)
NOTES: The space bears who come to Earth encounter a repulsive, unfinished looking race chasing a bear. These horrible creatures shoot at the bears with shotguns. They are two carnies trying to recapture a lost circus bear.
HISTORY: The twist ending on this story is that the main characters are bears. I did put the spoiler alert image on this page for that reason. It is an interesting look at how other races might perceive human beings. In this case, not very pleasantly.
