The Deep (Asimov)
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The Deep is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was written in 1952 and first published in the December 1952 issue of Galaxy Magazine. The story subsequently appeared in the Asimov collections The Martian Way and Other Stories (1955) and The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973).
It is a story of a technologically advanced alien race with telepathic abilities, living underground on a planet with rapidly depleting energy resources, who decide to teleport themselves to a new planet, which happens to be Earth. The story revolves around the shock of a sentry sent by The Race to establish a teleport on Earth at unfamiliar aspects of human life, including maternal bonding, weather changes, and the inability to communicate telepathically. In The Best of Isaac Asimov Asimov refers to it as the "sleeper" of the collection, which generated very little response, despite being well liked by Asimov.
| The Martian Way and Other Stories |
| The Martian Way | Youth | The Deep | Sucker Bait |
