Project Gutenberg 2008-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 203 Brown, Fredric 1906 1972 Brown, Fred Carter Earthmen Bearing Gifts Published in Galaxy magazine, June 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative centers around the first physical contact between Earth and Mars, exploring the themes of communication and understanding between two vastly different civilizations. The story posits a scenario where Martians, having developed extensive telepathic abilities, eagerly await an Earth rocket carrying an atomic warhead intended to observe their dying planet. In the story, the Martian leader, Dhar Ry, contemplates the implications of the Earth rocket landing on Mars as he anticipates a future exchange of knowledge between the two worlds. The Martians hope to learn from Earth’s technological advances to save their civilization, while they themselves offer insights into crime prevention and social harmony, having not known conflict for thousands of years. Meanwhile, on the Moon, Earth scientists celebrate the successful strike of the rocket, unaware that Mars is inhabited. This brief encounter highlights the potential for mutual benefit between two alien worlds, yet ultimately underscores the tragic irony of miscommunication and misunderstanding that can arise in cross-cultural interactions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 34180 2025-10-11T05:30:59.532431 text/html 30006 2021-01-04T02:05:45 text/html 159664 2025-10-11T05:31:04.482398 application/epub+zip 158288 2025-10-11T05:31:02.367409 application/epub+zip 87080 2025-10-11T05:31:01.207411 application/epub+zip 245120 2025-10-11T05:31:06.027383 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228615 2025-10-11T05:31:03.739384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131599 2022-09-12T09:58:05.338113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25802 2025-10-11T05:30:59.259430 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25658 2021-01-04T02:05:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1568144 2008-08-16T05:17:00 application/octet-stream 86507 2008-08-16T05:17:00 application/octet-stream 76610 2008-08-16T05:17:00 application/octet-stream 126178 2008-08-16T05:17:00 application/octet-stream 56835 2008-08-16T05:17:00 application/octet-stream 23204 2025-10-11T05:31:06.158372 application/rdf+xml 14266 2025-10-11T05:31:01.696395 image/jpeg 3996 2025-10-11T05:31:01.453400 image/jpeg 85901 2021-01-04T02:05:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 9648 2021-01-04T02:05:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 158860 2025-10-11T05:30:59.543444 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia