While there, their eldest son, Dan, requests to be referred to by the Martian name Linnl. Harry notices that his own eyes have started to turn gold, and the townsfolk's skin turns to a dark reddish brown.Ĭora convinces Harry that a family swim in the canals of Mars would do him good to relax, and he hesitantly agrees.
As he works on the craft, the colonists themselves soon begin to manifest Martian traits. Frantically, he begins work on building a rocket to return himself and his family to Earth. This comfort is taken away as Bittering is informed that the war has led to an atomic bomb devastating New York City and destroying the only spaceport capable of supporting travel. Harry's discomfort on Mars increases and the thought of returning to Earth on the next resupply mission soon becomes his only comfort, much to the concern of Cora. Strange events begin to affect the life brought as part of the settlement effort, including the seeded grass sprouting purple, the family cow growing a third horn in the middle of its head, and other anomalies with the vegetable garden. Harry is initially disquieted by the Martian environment, but he takes comfort in the fact that the family can return to Earth when resupply ships arrive. The Bittering family, composed of father Harry, mother Cora, and their children Dan (referred to as Tim in some versions), Laura, and David, arrives as part of the few colonists chosen for the first wave. In the midst of a war on Earth, a spaceport in New York sends a group of colonists to establish a settlement on Mars. The story takes place on Mars in the near future, as is the case with many of Ray Bradbury's stories. It was subsequently included in the short-story collections A Medicine for Melancholy and S is for Space. It was originally published in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories in August 1949, under the title " The Naming of Names". "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury.
Short story by Ray Bradbury "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"
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