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Short Story

Explorers We

1959

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About this story

Astronauts return from Mars expecting a welcome, only to find that people flee at the sight of them. Their search for an explanation becomes a struggle to convince Earth that they belong there.

Chronology

Work history

  1. before Sep 1953

    Composed before Sep 1953

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. May 6, 1958

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    May 6, 1958

  3. Jan 1959

    First published Jan 1959

    The Magazine of F & SF