Project Gutenberg 2009-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 150 McKimmey, James 1923 2011 McKimmey, James Earl, Jr. Orban, Paul 1896 1974 The Eyes Have It Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction November 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Eyes Have It" by James McKimmey, Jr. is a science fiction short story originally published in the early 1950s. Set on Mars, the narrative explores themes of identity, trust, and deception among a group of high-ranking officials who are tasked with ruling the newly colonized planet. The focal point of the story centers on the fear of a Martian imposter within their ranks, highlighting the tension between the colonizers and the native Martians. The plot unfolds in a tense dinner meeting led by Joseph Heidel, the President of the Superior Council on Mars, who suspects one of his five colleagues is a spy and a Martian in disguise. As the discussion intensifies, Heidel reveals a shocking method to expose the imposter: after adding a preserving solution to their wine that will illuminate the Martian's distinct glowing eyes in darkness, he plans to shoot out the candles one by one. However, the tables turn when Heidel discovers too late that all five of his companions are, in fact, Martians. The story concludes with an ironic twist as Heidel realizes his own peril, surrounded by those he sought to unmask. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 44950 2025-08-12T12:02:36.079019 text/html 20962 2024-10-24T20:31:29 text/html 379896 2025-08-12T12:02:40.022019 application/epub+zip 378219 2025-08-12T12:02:37.755062 application/epub+zip 81750 2025-08-12T12:02:36.629031 application/epub+zip 543063 2025-08-12T12:02:41.626015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535321 2025-08-12T12:02:39.300016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143048 2022-09-14T06:19:35.694234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37924 2025-08-12T12:02:35.822028 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18169 2024-10-24T20:31:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16787 2025-08-12T12:02:41.817017 application/rdf+xml 13049 2025-08-12T12:02:37.129030 image/jpeg 3364 2025-08-12T12:02:36.882006 image/jpeg 379596 2025-08-12T12:02:36.093044 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