One of the five sci-fi's I remember every single detail of from my earliest days as a fan. For the genre, I think it's considerably above average. The moor is nicely atmospheric. There's one of every character in the book: the good guy, the bad guy, the local sheriff, the lovely damsel, her father the old professor, etc. The scene where we're looking for the first time through the window of the ship and the visitor peeks out from the other side is easily as good as the three-fingered-hand-on-the-shoulder in War of the Worlds. Nice "character" to the visitor, for whom, like Karloff's Frankenstein, we end up feeling some empathy .

主妇伊夫林?莱恩（朱丽安?摩尔饰）共有十个孩子，虽然丈夫收入不多，但生活不成问题。当时美国盛行广告词设计有奖竞赛，结婚前在出版社工作的伊夫林有此优势，便常常得到很多日用用品及电器，家中的孩子都十分尊敬这位出色的母亲，她也常常与孩子们一起快乐的想参赛的字句。而她的丈夫面对出色的妻子，心中总是有种自卑的感觉，夫妻俩开始有争吵。她的丈夫有酗酒的习惯，她与孩子们都知道，如果不是丈夫把钱都用在买酒上，他们的生活不会那么拮据。伊夫林每天都心里总是想着自己的丈夫与孩子们，她包容丈夫的陋习。可是这时候，丈夫竟然把他们的房子做了第二期的按揭，一个月后如果无法偿还债务，孩子们便要寄养到亲友的家里。一家人都彷徨伤心及了，并寄望伊夫林能在参加的最近一次比赛中能脱颖而出……