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100 1 _aBixby, Jerome,
_d1923-1998
245 1 4 _aThe Holes Around Mars
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954.
500 _aRelease date is 2010-05-13
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Holes Around Mars" by Jerome Bixby is a science fiction short story originally published in the January 1954 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. The narrative revolves around a crew of astronauts who embark on an expedition to Mars, where they encounter mysterious holes in the landscape that challenge their understanding of natural phenomena. The story explores themes of discovery, curiosity, and the strange manifestations of alien worlds. In the story, the crew, led by commander Hugh Allenby, stumbles upon unusual four-inch holes present in various terrestrial objects on Mars, sparking a series of amusing yet serious speculations about their origins. As they investigate further, the team discovers that the holes align in a straight line across the Martian desert, leading to a Martian village inhabited by small, quirky creatures. The astronauts find themselves entangled in a series of humorous and dangerous encounters with the Martians, culminating in Allenby’s revelation about the nature of the holes, positing that they were created by a small body traveling at great speed, leading to unexpected scientific insights. The story cleverly combines humor with scientific inquiry, revealing the absurdity of human assumptions in the face of the unknowable universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aMars (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aFrancis, Dick
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32360
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