can you summarize the plot of the first work?
It portrays Earth as the battleground between two powerful alien races, the Troxxt and the Dendi, who repeatedly "liberate" it from each other.
The Liberation of Earth
The story, which Tenn described as having been inspired by the Korean War, portrays Earth as the battleground between two powerful alien races, the Troxxt and the Dendi, who repeatedly "liberate" it from each other.
what is future science fiction and science fiction stories? Two American science fiction magazines. who was its editor? Charles Hornig when was it initially published? End of the 1930s. who owns it? Louis Silberkleit can you name any works they published? "The Liberation of Earth",  "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth"
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The Liberation of Earth [SEP] Introduction
"The Liberation of Earth" is a science fiction short story by American author William Tenn, written in 1950, first published in 1953, and reprinted several times in various anthologies, including 1955 collection "Of all Possible Worlds" and 1967 anthology "The Starlit Corridor". The story, which Tenn described as having been inspired by the Korean War, portrays Earth as the battleground between two powerful alien races, the Troxxt and the Dendi, who repeatedly "liberate" it from each other. At the time the story begins, the Troxxt and the Dendi have long since abandoned the (literally) shattered remnants of Earth as being too dangerous for civilized people; humanity is nearly extinct, with the few survivors having descended into starving savagery as they struggle for air.