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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: From outer space - -Author: Robert Zacks - -Release Date: August 29, 2022 [eBook #68860] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM OUTER SPACE *** - - - - - - FROM OUTER SPACE - - By ROBERT ZACKS - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Startling Stories, May 1952. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The grizzled old space veteran leaned back in his chair and stared up -through the transparent dome. In the black sky myriad white specks -gleamed without twinkling, their light unbent by atmosphere or dust. -The steady pulse of the airmakers kept rhythm with the heartbeats of -the young men seated in a semi-circle, listening with glistening eyes -to these ancient tales of an Earth they'd never seen--the home of their -species. - -They stared hungrily at the old man's face. There was a silvery spot on -the chin where Venusian fungus had nearly gotten into his bloodstream -and had had to be burned away. Over one eye an eyebrow was gone, -replaced by scar tissue grown on a planet at the other end of the -galaxy where the light of enormous fireflies wasn't cold, as on ancient -earth, but searing with heat. - -"Imagine," they marveled, "such weak flame in fireflies." - -"Not weak," corrected the old man. "Just different. Those insects on -Earth didn't have to fight off intense cold. They had a much thicker -atmosphere and were close to the sun. And they didn't feed on alcohol." - -The young men's eyes glittered. They were an odd group. Small--most of -them, none over five feet five inches--and pale, unlike the old man -who was bulky around the shoulders and had skin virtually leathered by -various radiations and temperatures and winds. - -Each day this group waited hungrily for the old man to come and talk to -them. The stories he told were the breath of life to them. And of all -the tales of adventures in the far ends of the universe, the one that -was most repeatedly called for was the story of what had happened to -Earth. - -"Tell us about Earth," said one of them, now, in a low voice. - -"About how great we were?" said the old man. "About what love was like? -About homes and children and how a man went to work in the morning at -tasks of his own choosing? Or...." - -"No. About what happened. You know. At the finish." - -The old man looked up again. His eyes were dreamy. - -"Earth," he said, softly. "Earth. I've been through the galaxies these -last forty years and I've seen planets by the thousand. And there never -was one like Earth." - -"Tell us," they said, each in urgent, differing words, but all with the -same tortured look. "Tell us about what went wrong." - -"I've told you that a hundred times," he said. - -But they wanted it again. Like a man who relives an incident to examine -each moment with incredulity, as if in hope that it will fade and not -have happened, as if in unconscious attempt to move sideways from that -point into another time stream probability where a different course of -action will be true. - -"All right," said the old man. - - * * * * * - -The first they had heard of the strangers from outer space was when -the new ultra short-wave frequencies were used. Professor Kennicot of -Palmira University was the first to find how to generate and control -them. He tried to transform the wavelengths upward to a range either -auditory or visual but for some reason power was lost in the process. - -Apparently he gave them a sufficient jolt with extra voltage, however, -because they were picked up by the strangers in outer space as a -signal. The heaviside layer did not stop these wavelengths. - -Professor Kennicot was startled one day when he heard, or thought he -heard, a soundless voice in his mind. It said: - -"Interesting. We didn't know there was life on your planet or in your -solar system." - -Professor Kennicot shook his head and looked around. Nobody was in the -laboratory. - -"Of course," said the voice, "We detected atomic radiations from the -area, but Zeetal thought it might come from your sun. Tell us, please, -are you a Grade Three society?" - -"My God," muttered Professor Kennicot. "I'm having hallucinations." - -"There seems to be some difficulty establishing telepathic -communication," came the puzzled thought. And then, after a pause, -"Could it be we're in communication with creatures of zero grade?" - -Another thought from elsewhere answered, and yet Professor Kennicot, -somewhat, was tuned in: "Impossible. The signal picked up was very -close to telepathic frequency." - -It wasn't until two days later that Professor Kennicot discovered that -he wasn't the only one who had experienced the auditory hallucination. -The entire college was babbling about how Professor Johnson had come -running out of the Chemistry Lab, which was two doors away from -Physics, holding his head and babbling nonsense. - -Professor Kennicot made a beeline for the hospital and had a quiet -discussion with Professor Johnson, a discussion which is now historic. -They discovered that not only were both their I.Q.s over one hundred -and eighty, but that both of them, sitting together discussing the -matter, were simultaneously getting new messages which nobody around -them was receiving. - -It wasn't long after that, of course, that many of the most brilliant -men on Earth were reporting the same hallucinations, and as news of -it spread it became obvious that not all could be insane in exactly -the same way with the same thoughts. Excitement and puzzlement ran -tremendously high because, although these intellects of Earth could -receive telepathic messages, they were not advanced enough to send. -They only knew what was being messaged to them; and this continued to -be so until feverishly working physicists pinned down the telepathic -wavelength mechanically. That was when conversations were begun and -the entire Earth was able to listen in, by translation and regular -broadcast. - -The discussions did not go well. The beings from outer space would not -answer questions. They only asked. The first thing, apparently, that -made them cautious, was the first official question from Earth. - -"How is it that we understand your thought even though many of our -scientists speak different languages?" - -The whole world awaited the first answer. None came. There was a -silence lasting four hours. Then came a message: - -"Your question indicates you may be a low grade of developed life. -We shall investigate and fit you into our needs according to your -capabilities." - -A thrill of horror went around the world. What kind of monsters were -these? What would they do? The uproar that ensued was full of frantic -military preparations. Bombs were readied in the atomic planes, rockets -were raised in their cradles adjustable to any orbit. Unfortunately, -nobody thought to conceal this, and some fool had failed to shut -off the telepathic wavelength. One morning the world awoke to a -non-electrical society in which nothing electrical would work. - -"We have put a field of force around your planet," came the message. -"There must be no violence. Be not afraid. We come as friends. We will -appear now and investigate. Be calm." - -The leaders of each nation spoke to their people, and the world waited -in tense silence. One day an enormous sphere appeared and landed. The -creatures that emerged couldn't be clearly discerned because they were -in space-suits which gave them comfortable air-pressures and what was -to them breathable atmosphere. They were four-legged creatures but -could walk on two, if necessary. - -A delegation of picked dignitaries started to show them our world, our -customs, the way we dressed, what we lived in, what we ate. Almost -immediately the strangers turned and left our world. - -Within two days Earth was in bondage. - - * * * * * - -The old space veteran stopped. He looked around at the tense faces. - -"We found out later," he said. "It was the banquet they watched on a -film which we ran off, that did it. There was a scene where a waiter -brings in a whole roast pig with an apple in its mouth and then it's -eaten." - -All the boys drew a deep horrified breath. The old man nodded heavily. -"Well," he said, "how were we to know these beings from outer space had -evolved from pigs, or creatures very similar?" He sighed, and stood -up. "Well, maybe in fifty years they'll feel we're advanced enough for -freedom." He smiled. "I'll leave you to your telepathy classes and -conditioning." - -He moved toward the door and a portion of glass wall slid aside to let -him through. But before he exited he turned and said softly, "Now don't -let it get you, boys. Being exhibited in a zoo isn't too bad. Serve -your time and you'll get servant status like me and get out into space." - -He waved and walked out through the spectators gathered around the -glass cage. 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In the black sky myriad white specks -gleamed without twinkling, their light unbent by atmosphere or dust. -The steady pulse of the airmakers kept rhythm with the heartbeats of -the young men seated in a semi-circle, listening with glistening eyes -to these ancient tales of an Earth they'd never seen—the home of their -species.</p> - -<p>They stared hungrily at the old man's face. There was a silvery spot on -the chin where Venusian fungus had nearly gotten into his bloodstream -and had had to be burned away. Over one eye an eyebrow was gone, -replaced by scar tissue grown on a planet at the other end of the -galaxy where the light of enormous fireflies wasn't cold, as on ancient -earth, but searing with heat.</p> - -<p>"Imagine," they marveled, "such weak flame in fireflies."</p> - -<p>"Not weak," corrected the old man. "Just different. Those insects on -Earth didn't have to fight off intense cold. They had a much thicker -atmosphere and were close to the sun. And they didn't feed on alcohol."</p> - -<p>The young men's eyes glittered. They were an odd group. Small—most of -them, none over five feet five inches—and pale, unlike the old man -who was bulky around the shoulders and had skin virtually leathered by -various radiations and temperatures and winds.</p> - -<p>Each day this group waited hungrily for the old man to come and talk to -them. The stories he told were the breath of life to them. And of all -the tales of adventures in the far ends of the universe, the one that -was most repeatedly called for was the story of what had happened to -Earth.</p> - -<p>"Tell us about Earth," said one of them, now, in a low voice.</p> - -<p>"About how great we were?" said the old man. "About what love was like? -About homes and children and how a man went to work in the morning at -tasks of his own choosing? Or...."</p> - -<p>"No. About what happened. You know. At the finish."</p> - -<p>The old man looked up again. His eyes were dreamy.</p> - -<p>"Earth," he said, softly. "Earth. I've been through the galaxies these -last forty years and I've seen planets by the thousand. And there never -was one like Earth."</p> - -<p>"Tell us," they said, each in urgent, differing words, but all with the -same tortured look. "Tell us about what went wrong."</p> - -<p>"I've told you that a hundred times," he said.</p> - -<p>But they wanted it again. Like a man who relives an incident to examine -each moment with incredulity, as if in hope that it will fade and not -have happened, as if in unconscious attempt to move sideways from that -point into another time stream probability where a different course of -action will be true.</p> - -<p>"All right," said the old man.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The first they had heard of the strangers from outer space was when -the new ultra short-wave frequencies were used. Professor Kennicot of -Palmira University was the first to find how to generate and control -them. He tried to transform the wavelengths upward to a range either -auditory or visual but for some reason power was lost in the process.</p> - -<p>Apparently he gave them a sufficient jolt with extra voltage, however, -because they were picked up by the strangers in outer space as a -signal. The heaviside layer did not stop these wavelengths.</p> - -<p>Professor Kennicot was startled one day when he heard, or thought he -heard, a soundless voice in his mind. It said:</p> - -<p>"Interesting. We didn't know there was life on your planet or in your -solar system."</p> - -<p>Professor Kennicot shook his head and looked around. Nobody was in the -laboratory.</p> - -<p>"Of course," said the voice, "We detected atomic radiations from the -area, but Zeetal thought it might come from your sun. Tell us, please, -are you a Grade Three society?"</p> - -<p>"My God," muttered Professor Kennicot. "I'm having hallucinations."</p> - -<p>"There seems to be some difficulty establishing telepathic -communication," came the puzzled thought. And then, after a pause, -"Could it be we're in communication with creatures of zero grade?"</p> - -<p>Another thought from elsewhere answered, and yet Professor Kennicot, -somewhat, was tuned in: "Impossible. The signal picked up was very -close to telepathic frequency."</p> - -<p>It wasn't until two days later that Professor Kennicot discovered that -he wasn't the only one who had experienced the auditory hallucination. -The entire college was babbling about how Professor Johnson had come -running out of the Chemistry Lab, which was two doors away from -Physics, holding his head and babbling nonsense.</p> - -<p>Professor Kennicot made a beeline for the hospital and had a quiet -discussion with Professor Johnson, a discussion which is now historic. -They discovered that not only were both their I.Q.s over one hundred -and eighty, but that both of them, sitting together discussing the -matter, were simultaneously getting new messages which nobody around -them was receiving.</p> - -<p>It wasn't long after that, of course, that many of the most brilliant -men on Earth were reporting the same hallucinations, and as news of -it spread it became obvious that not all could be insane in exactly -the same way with the same thoughts. Excitement and puzzlement ran -tremendously high because, although these intellects of Earth could -receive telepathic messages, they were not advanced enough to send. -They only knew what was being messaged to them; and this continued to -be so until feverishly working physicists pinned down the telepathic -wavelength mechanically. That was when conversations were begun and -the entire Earth was able to listen in, by translation and regular -broadcast.</p> - -<p>The discussions did not go well. The beings from outer space would not -answer questions. They only asked. The first thing, apparently, that -made them cautious, was the first official question from Earth.</p> - -<p>"How is it that we understand your thought even though many of our -scientists speak different languages?"</p> - -<p>The whole world awaited the first answer. None came. There was a -silence lasting four hours. Then came a message:</p> - -<p>"Your question indicates you may be a low grade of developed life. -We shall investigate and fit you into our needs according to your -capabilities."</p> - -<p>A thrill of horror went around the world. What kind of monsters were -these? What would they do? The uproar that ensued was full of frantic -military preparations. Bombs were readied in the atomic planes, rockets -were raised in their cradles adjustable to any orbit. Unfortunately, -nobody thought to conceal this, and some fool had failed to shut -off the telepathic wavelength. One morning the world awoke to a -non-electrical society in which nothing electrical would work.</p> - -<p>"We have put a field of force around your planet," came the message. -"There must be no violence. Be not afraid. We come as friends. We will -appear now and investigate. Be calm."</p> - -<p>The leaders of each nation spoke to their people, and the world waited -in tense silence. One day an enormous sphere appeared and landed. The -creatures that emerged couldn't be clearly discerned because they were -in space-suits which gave them comfortable air-pressures and what was -to them breathable atmosphere. They were four-legged creatures but -could walk on two, if necessary.</p> - -<p>A delegation of picked dignitaries started to show them our world, our -customs, the way we dressed, what we lived in, what we ate. Almost -immediately the strangers turned and left our world.</p> - -<p>Within two days Earth was in bondage.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The old space veteran stopped. He looked around at the tense faces.</p> - -<p>"We found out later," he said. "It was the banquet they watched on a -film which we ran off, that did it. There was a scene where a waiter -brings in a whole roast pig with an apple in its mouth and then it's -eaten."</p> - -<p>All the boys drew a deep horrified breath. The old man nodded heavily. -"Well," he said, "how were we to know these beings from outer space had -evolved from pigs, or creatures very similar?" He sighed, and stood -up. "Well, maybe in fifty years they'll feel we're advanced enough for -freedom." He smiled. "I'll leave you to your telepathy classes and -conditioning."</p> - -<p>He moved toward the door and a portion of glass wall slid aside to let -him through. But before he exited he turned and said softly, "Now don't -let it get you, boys. Being exhibited in a zoo isn't too bad. Serve -your time and you'll get servant status like me and get out into space."</p> - -<p>He waved and walked out through the spectators gathered around the -glass cage. They moved aside to let him through, staring at him with -brilliant brown eyes, their snoutlike noses twitching in sympathy and -kindness, their pig-like faces gentle with the expression a man gives a -trained dog.</p> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM OUTER SPACE ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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