The Eye of An Octopus - Larry Niven
man has sent missions to Mercury, Venus & Pluto.
This short story covers the first expedition to Mars. It's successful as the crew
discover the remains of an ancient civilization.
The crew consist of Henry Bedrosian & Christopher Luden who go down to the surface.
The third member, Abe Cooper remains in orbit.
They discover a well made from diamond, some ancient writing and what appears to be a bicycle.
Is the well they
discover for drinking or something else?
In addition, they find a Martian mummy.
It's very short ... only 8 pages.
The title "Eye Like an Octopus" implies that though
the martian looks very human like, he is probably nothing like humanity.
"Like the eye of an octopus. It's nearly identical in structure to a human eye. Yet an octopus isn't remotely human".
The first page of the original galaxy mag.
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