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The Secret Sense

Isaac Asimov

First published March 1941
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Martians are similar to humans but with somewhat inferior senses - no colour vision, and their hearing doesn't seem able to appreciate music. One human inadvertently goads them into revealing that they have an extra sense, which they have a reason to keep secret from humans.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1941 Cover Cosmic Stories, March 1941 Albing Publications MAGAZINE 87
September 1970 Cover Futures to Infinity Pyramid Books Anthology 167
September 1970 Cover Futures to Infinity Pyramid Books Anthology 167
September 1972 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Doubleday Collection 161
December 1972 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Doubleday & Company / SFBC Collection 170
1973 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 1 Panther Collection 175
October 1973 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Doubleday Collection 161
June 1974 Cover The Early Asimov: Book One Fawcett Crest Collection 184
June 1974 Cover The Early Asimov: Book One Fawcett Crest Collection 184
1975 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 1 Panther Collection 175
1979 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 1 Panther / Granada Collection 175
1981 Cover The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying Volume 1 Granada Collection 175
February 1986 The Early Asimov, Book 1 Del Rey / Ballantine Collection
February 1986 Cover The Early Asimov, Book 1 Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
2019 Cover Cosmic Stories, March 1941 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 87
November 2024 Cover Ring Around the Sun: And Other Stories Harper Voyager (UK) Collection 189