Project Gutenberg 2019-05-19 Public domain in the USA. 139 Fontenay, Charles L. 1917 2007 Fontenay, Charles Louis Communication Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Communication" by Charles L. Fontenay is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative explores the first Earth expedition to Mars and examines the challenges and misunderstandings inherent in inter-species communication. The work invites readers to consider the possibility of intelligent life on Mars and the complexities of establishing contact. The story begins with Earth astronauts encountering Martians for the first time. As the Earthmen boldly attempt to communicate using mathematical representations, they fail to recognize the Martians' apparent hostility. Misinterpretations and assumptions lead to tragic consequences as communication breaks down completely. Ultimately, the Martians respond to the perceived threat from the Earthmen by eliminating them, illustrating the frailty of communication across vastly different cultures and species. Through this encounter, Fontenay prompts important questions about understanding and the potential dangers of miscommunication in an interstellar context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Martians -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 31016 31019 2024-09-24T13:47:22.533851 2023-09-25T12:03:50.102522 text/html text/html 27355 2019-05-19T15:41:54 text/html; charset=us-ascii 274742 2019-05-19T15:41:54 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 79701 2024-09-24T13:47:24.187864 application/epub+zip 78634 2024-09-24T13:47:22.899867 application/epub+zip 78634 2024-09-24T13:47:22.701865 application/epub+zip 111057 2024-09-24T13:47:25.322829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103759 2024-09-24T13:47:23.946824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103980 2022-09-27T00:44:48.416370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25086 24991 2024-09-24T13:47:22.440842 2023-09-25T12:03:50.028525 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 25344 2019-05-19T15:41:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9401 2019-05-19T15:41:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19330 2024-09-24T13:47:25.447827 application/rdf+xml 26655 2024-09-24T13:47:22.776834 image/jpeg 4919 2024-09-24T13:47:22.738839 image/jpeg 276515 2024-09-24T13:47:22.541850 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