Group “SF/A” should answer TWO of the following:
Q1: According to “The Taxpayer,” what’s wrong with Earth?
Why does he want to flee to Mars so badly? Does this explain why there have
been so many expeditions to Mars in such a short period of time (1999-2000)?
Q2: When the Third Expedition discovers the Earth-like city
on Mars, one exclaims, “we’re looking upon a phenomenon that, for the first
time, would absolutely prove the existence of God, sir.” What does he mean by
this? Why would an Earth-like civilization prove that God exists (and do you
agree)?
Q3: The Expedition offers a number of theories for the
existence of an early-1900s town in the middle of Mars: why do all of them
insist that the inhabitants must be insane or hallucinating? What does this
remind us of in the previous chapters?
Q4: When Hinkston asks Lustig’s grandmother if this is heaven,
she responds “Nonsense, no. It’s a world and we get a second chance. Nobody
told us why. But then nobody told us why we were on Earth, either.” Even though
this seems to be a set-up, what might the grandmother’s words suggest about our
own life on Earth? Why might this lie (if you believe it’s a lie) contain a bit
of truth?
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