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That Man from Saturn

By: Harriet Frank Jr.
Narrated by: Trista Harter
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Out of the stars...and into her heart - lost science fiction rom-com novel by Academy Award-winning writer!

Betsy Simms is crazy about a guy named Yrtxxe, whose skin is green and whose address is Saturn. Betsy dug him out of a test tube one night and hasn't been quite the same since....

Yrtxxe isn't easy for a woman to handle. For one thing, his idea of lovemaking is to take a walk in the park and think at Betsy. That might be hot stuff up among Saturn's rings, but Betsy wants the real thing!

And then a sleek slice of female named Leda comes along and loads Yrtxxe up with ticker-tape parades, keys to the city, and a presidential reception - and Betsy has more action than she knows what to do with!

From the typewriter of Harriet Frank Jr., Academy Award-winning screen writer of Hud, Norma Rae, The Cowboys, and many others, comes this delightfully dizzy romantic comedy based on her never-filmed movie treatment.

First published in Amazing Stories (1953), then edited by her fellow screen writer Howard Brown (The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Capone, Banacek, Mission Impossible), this daffy novel of an out-of-this-world love affair has languished unrepublished for more than 60 years.

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Short and sweet sci-fi romcom!

Betsy feels sorry for the tiny green-skinned man she finds locked in a laboratory. When she frees him, he grows to full size and she can’t predict the whirlwind of keeping his secret and losing her heart to him. Screenwriter and producer Harriet Frank Jr wrote this pleasant 72-page novella and it was published in Amazing Stories in 1953. The story is a sci-fi romcom and, being a product of its time, it has a simple, almost naive, chaste quality. Betsy is good-hearted and thoughtful, someone who solves her problems through talking it out. The comedy is also a product of its time, there are no jokes or one-liners, rather it’s in the odd situation Betsy finds herself in. I suspect that older readers and those who prefer clean romance will enjoy this the most. Anyone looking for action or passion will not. Audio narrator, Trista Harter, matches the book’s tone and Betsy’s character well.

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