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Qu'est-ce qu'ils peuvent bien nous dire ?

Tristan Bernard

First published June 1954
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Mankind detects signals from Mars; at great expense, African deserts are inked over with "Hello?" (as the more advanced civilization must have learned French from afar). They respond "Nothing. ... We are talking to Saturn."

Notes

First published in Le Figaro, October 20, 1894.

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Publications (3)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1954 Fiction, #7 OPTA MAGAZINE 106
May 1985 L'habitant des étoiles et autres récits sur les extra-terrestres Gallimard Anthology 67
September 2016 Allo! La planète Mars, s.v.p.? Bibliogs Anthology 43