The free SF story site 365 tomorrows has a new piece of flash fiction titled “First Words” (2009), by James Marshall. It’s about a discussion over what an astronaut should say when he becomes the first human to set foot on Mars. Here is the opening line: “Captain Will Kano of the Aries was sitting on an air-chair watching baseball with the sound muted.”
Interestingly, Marshall’s piece of flash fiction mentions Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel Red Mars (1992) and Geoffrey A. Landis’ novel Mars Crossing (2000).
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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