Project Gutenberg 2010-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 200 Bixby, Jerome 1923 1998 Bixby, Jay Lewis Bixby, Jerry Bixby, Drexel Jerome Lewis Neal, Harry Drexel, Jay B. Lewis, D. B. Lewis, D.B. Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. The Holes Around Mars Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 63063 63071 2024-09-13T14:04:22.738617 2023-09-14T08:03:05.840877 text/html text/html 60452 2010-05-13T07:16:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 153822 2010-05-13T07:16:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 178777 2024-09-13T14:04:26.158622 application/epub+zip 177632 2024-09-13T14:04:24.004633 application/epub+zip 70254 2024-09-13T14:04:23.229609 application/epub+zip 265142 2024-09-13T14:04:27.785638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256719 2024-09-13T14:04:25.665632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149985 2022-09-15T04:18:28.764900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54519 54437 2024-09-13T14:04:22.405615 2023-09-14T08:03:05.535879 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 54403 2010-05-13T07:16:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20887 2010-05-13T07:16:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19628 2024-09-13T14:04:27.928590 application/rdf+xml 13029 2024-09-13T14:04:23.566629 image/jpeg 3531 2024-09-13T14:04:23.395619 image/jpeg 239172 2024-09-13T14:04:22.753621 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia