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Chapter 1

Watched from Mars, unaware

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  1. Old, cold Mars turns its lit face toward a tiny blue-green Earth across the gulf of space

    1 Old, cold Mars turns its lit face toward a tiny blue-green Earth across the gulf of space

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  2. From dying Mars, a small green Earth shines in the dusk sky like a warm morning star

    2 From dying Mars, a small green Earth shines in the dusk sky like a warm morning star

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  3. Mars fires its first shot.

    3 Mars fires its first shot.

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  4. At midnight, in a dark timber observatory, the narrator bends over the brass eyepiece.

    5 At midnight, in a dark timber observatory, the narrator bends over the brass eyepiece.

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  5. Through the eyepiece, Mars sits small, silvery and still in a circle of deep blue

    6 Through the eyepiece, Mars sits small, silvery and still in a circle of deep blue

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  6. Alone in the black observatory, the narrator bends to the eyepiece beneath a starry slit

    7 Alone in the black observatory, the narrator bends to the eyepiece beneath a starry slit

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  7. Through the eyepiece, a tiny reddish spark breaks out on the rim of the silvery planet

    8 Through the eyepiece, a tiny reddish spark breaks out on the rim of the silvery planet

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  8. Walking home, Ogilvy dismisses anything manlike on Mars as a million-to-one chance

    9 Walking home, Ogilvy dismisses anything manlike on Mars as a million-to-one chance

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