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The Day After the Day the Martians Came

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"The Day After the Day the Martians Came"
Short story by Frederik Pohl
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inDangerous Visions
Publication typeAnthology
PublisherDoubleday
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Publication date1967

"The Day After the Day the Martians Came" is a short story by American writer Frederik Pohl, first published in Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions. It shows how humans can (and will) laugh at (and hate) any minority group. It centers on a group of reporters in a bar, shortly after humans have made first contact with Martians, who are passing the time by retelling "dumb Polack" jokes as "dumb Martian" jokes.

"The Day After the Day the Martians Came" was adapted by Marvel Comics in Worlds Unknown #1, May, 1973, illustrated by Ralph Reese.[1]

References

  1. ^ Doree, Pete (5 March 2009). "The Bronze Age Of Blogs: The Day After The Day The Martians Came".