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100 1 _aBrown, Fredric,
_d1906-1972
245 1 0 _aEarthmen Bearing Gifts
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aPublished in Galaxy magazine, June 1960.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-09-04
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative centers around the first physical contact between Earth and Mars, exploring the themes of communication and understanding between two vastly different civilizations. The story posits a scenario where Martians, having developed extensive telepathic abilities, eagerly await an Earth rocket carrying an atomic warhead intended to observe their dying planet. In the story, the Martian leader, Dhar Ry, contemplates the implications of the Earth rocket landing on Mars as he anticipates a future exchange of knowledge between the two worlds. The Martians hope to learn from Earth’s technological advances to save their civilization, while they themselves offer insights into crime prevention and social harmony, having not known conflict for thousands of years. Meanwhile, on the Moon, Earth scientists celebrate the successful strike of the rocket, unaware that Mars is inhabited. This brief encounter highlights the potential for mutual benefit between two alien worlds, yet ultimately underscores the tragic irony of miscommunication and misunderstanding that can arise in cross-cultural interactions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aMars (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aCarter
830 0 _aPublished in Galaxy magazine, June 1960.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26521
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