The Cosmic Rape
By: by Theodore Sturgeon.
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co.
Published: 1958
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Science fiction, American.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Other titles: To Marry Medusa
Description: It came from outer space: the Medusa, the inter-galactic conqueror, a hive-like being with a consuming appetite to absorb all life in the universe.  Now the Medusa had reached Earth.  It had taken control of its first human being.  Through him it would possess all his fellows.  But there was one thing the Medusa had not reckoned on.  One tiny factor in the complex human equation. A desperate last chance for the stubborn and independent creature known as Man to save himself...
Notes: A shorter version of this story appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine under the title: To Marry Medusa.
Dell First Edition #B120.