What's He Doing in There?

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What's He Doing in There?

by Fritz Leiber

EN·~12 minutes·1 chapter

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1 total

By FRITZ LEIBER

12:04

Description

A celebrated professor has the honor of welcoming Earth’s first Martian guest, and the encounter quickly turns from formal ceremony to a lively lesson in cross‑planetary etiquette. The alien, surprisingly human‑shaped yet draped in a deep, textured hue, asks politely for the bathroom, prompting the host’s wife to point him toward the upstairs facilities. What follows is a charmingly chaotic glimpse into a household trying to balance scholarly curiosity with everyday courtesy.

The professor’s children—an inquisitive son and a self‑assured daughter—join the fray, each offering wild theories about the visitor’s motives while the family debates the proprieties of a turquoise‑skinned guest in their home. Their banter, peppered with humorous speculation about Martian habits and Earthly customs, creates a warm, slightly absurd portrait of first contact.

Listeners will be drawn into a witty, character‑driven tableau where scientific wonder meets domestic comedy, leaving them eager to discover just how long the Martian’s bathroom expedition will last and what it reveals about both worlds.

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en

Duration

~12 minutes (11K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

Jul 24, 2009

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

1910–1992

A master of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, Fritz Leiber brought wit, theatrical flair, and inventive ideas to every genre he touched. He is best known for the swashbuckling Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories and the award-winning novel The Big Time.

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