1967-10-00
short story
By Frederik Pohl
Alternate Titles:
“The Day After the Day the Martians Came”
Synopsis
Life from Mars is brought back to earth. A group of reporters are talking at a hotel before going to a NASA press conference.
History
First publication: Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, October 1967
Review
A clear jab at American attitudes of racism in the 1960s, especially toward dark-skinned Americans. Very short, but very damning. Recommended.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, hardcover, Doubleday / SFBC, 1967-12-00
The Best of Frederik Pohl, hardcover, Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, 1975-03-00
The Best of Frederik Pohl, paperback, Ballantine, 1976-04-00
The Day the Martians Came, hardcover, St. Martin’s Press / SFBC, 1989-02-00
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories, hardcover, Tor, 2005-12-00
Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, hardcover, Blackstone Publishing, 2024-03-00
