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The Holes Around Mars

Jerome Bixby

First published January 1954
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Explorers from Earth are surprised to find a series of perfectly aligned holes in the Martian landscape.

Notes

The commander's dialogue is best read in a United States accent.

Publications (32)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1954 Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1954 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 111
June 1954 Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 15 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 86
July 1955 Operation Future Permabooks Anthology 311
September 1956 Operation Future Permabooks Anthology 311
July 1963 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 33
December 1965 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 33
December 1966 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 33
1969 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books Anthology 33
April 1970 Great Stories of Space Travel Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 33
April 1971 Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday Anthology 244
August 1971 Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 244
October 1972 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 219
October 1972 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 219
1973 Where Do We Go from Here? Michael Joseph Anthology 235
1974 Where Do We Go from Here? Book 2 Sphere Anthology 34
1976 Decade: The 1950s Macmillan UK Anthology
1976 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 219
March 1977 Decade: the 1950s Pan Books Anthology 130
1978 Decade: The 1950s St. Martin's Press Anthology 130
April 1978 Decade: The 1950s St. Martin's Press Anthology 130
1980 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 219
March 1980 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Playboy Press Anthology 77
July 1980 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Playboy Press / SFBC Anthology 79
April 1981 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Wideview Books Anthology 77
October 1981 Galaxy: Volume 1 Playboy Paperbacks Anthology 88
May 2010 The Holes Around Mars Project Gutenberg Chapbook
January 2011 "One Way Street" and Other Stories Armchair Fiction Collection 62
July 2011 The Holes Around Mars Aegypan Chapbook
January 2013 The Holes Around Mars CreateSpace Chapbook
July 2013 Anthology of Sci-Fi V27: The Pulp Writers Spastic Cat Press Anthology
June 2015 The 18th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Collection
September 2022 Black Infinity, Fall 2022 Rocket Science Books MAGAZINE 82