Re: Your Favorite Martian

In article <d2e9c823-641b-481a-8e69-806d2c9697d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
JimboCat <103134.3516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 13, 11:00 pm, bm2...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Back in the day, Mars was a popular spot for alien races. Wells had
his tripod-riding octopi/giant heads.
[snippage]
So, what is your favorite native of the Red Planet? And why?

At the very end of /The Martian Chronicles/, all the natives are dead,
the earth has been blown up real good, and the one remaining family
(of humans) on Mars is standing on a bridge over one of the canals and
someone mentions "the Martians". Another asks "Where?" and the reply
is "Look down." They see their own reflections.

Always gave me a shiver.

But compare the final moments of the episode "Blues for the Red
Planet" from Sagan's _Cosmos_. After giving his opinion that
Mars is for the Martians, even if they are microbes, he proceeds
to speculate that if there *aren't* any, then we can terraform
Mars to make it habitable, including digging ... canals.

"The Martians will be us."

Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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