06 July 2015, 01:15 PM
MelpoAnother lost story
Hi,
read it a long time ago in German translation: A rocket is landing on a planet. Something is influencing the astronauts by telepathy or taking over their personalities and in the end the men are taking a bomb or something back to Earth. The story is told from the alien's point of view. It says something like "How should I tell you what I am if I don't know myself?" It's not "The City" though the plot is alike. Does anyone know?
Thanks
Melpo
07 July 2015, 07:42 PM
Braling IIHi, Melpo.
The story may be Bradbury's "The One Who Waits" from the collection The Machineries of Joy.
08 July 2015, 08:02 AM
fjp451Sundance! How goes the trail!?
08 July 2015, 10:39 AM
MelpoThank you very much Braling II. I meant "The one who waits", but I got the ending wrong. I mixed it up with another story ...