The story is very dated but has so much more to it than the movie and is worth a read by any fan of older science fiction as it … Then, suddenly, it exploded into a massive catastrophe. The Gods Hate Kansas is the only novel by pulp science fiction writer Joseph Millard.Millard published short stories in magazines like Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Thrilling Wonder Stories, but he abandoned writing in 1943,. First, the meteorite investigating team were turned into automatons, ruled by an unknown, alien intelligence. This novel was originally published in 1941 in Startling Stories and was later reprinted in Fantastic Story Magazine in 1952. It began with the landing of nine meteors in Kansas. The Gods Hate Kansas by Joseph Millard (1964, cover painting by Jack Thurston) INVASION FROM THE STARS. Under the surface of sublieutenant Garvie's precision driven naval mind strange forces were stirring. After seeing the movie adaption, "They Came From Beyond Space" and not having read the original story, I purchased the Joseph J Millard 1941 "The Gods Hate Kansas" on Kindle.