The Foxholes of Mars
Fritz Leiber
War never changes. Men fight men with rocks and spears then with arrows and cannon. Future men will fight with advanced weapons like space ships, vibration rays, cobalt bombs and robots but they will still fight. In the end, after the space battles have ended, it will still require the grunts, whether in the shape of men or Martians or bugs or jellyfish, to hold the planets. Beings in the mud of a thousand worlds, beings used like fodder to actually hold what is being contested. The beings in foxholes. And these beings will become just as bitter and angry and hateful in the future as they have become in all of the past. They will be dangerous.
Duration - 25m.
Author - Fritz Leiber.
Narrator - philip chenevert.
Published Date - Thursday, 12 January 2023.
Copyright - © 1952 Thrilling Wonder Stories ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
War never changes. Men fight men with rocks and spears then with arrows and cannon. Future men will fight with advanced weapons like space ships, vibration rays, cobalt bombs and robots but they will still fight. In the end, after the space battles have ended, it will still require the grunts, whether in the shape of men or Martians or bugs or jellyfish, to hold the planets. Beings in the mud of a thousand worlds, beings used like fodder to actually hold what is being contested. The beings in foxholes. And these beings will become just as bitter and angry and hateful in the future as they have become in all of the past. They will be dangerous. Duration - 25m. Author - Fritz Leiber. Narrator - philip chenevert. Published Date - Thursday, 12 January 2023. Copyright - © 1952 Thrilling Wonder Stories ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:07
The Foxholes of Mars
Duration:00:25:01
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:09