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Eyes Do More Than See
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First published in The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction (April 1965 issue), by Isaac Asimov, about a pair of Energy Beings that realize what was lost when they left their human bodies.This story takes place so far into the future that humanity transformed themselves into immortal energy vortexes and have spent hundreds of billions of years shaping energy to their whims. Ames tries to tell Brock of his new idea; sculpting matter instead of energy.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Together, they craft a clay-like head between galaxies, labeling it with HEAD, NOSE, LEFT-EYE and RIGHT-EYE, trying to recall their human form from trillions of years ago. Brock keeps resisting the idea, because of the bad memories associated with it. As Ames adds more and more details to the head, Brock throws a fit; adding tears to the eyes while she runs away from heartbreak."Eyes Do More Than See" has been republished several times; Fiction (issue #139, June 1965), 11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1966), The Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: Fifteenth Series (1966), Beyond The Curtain Of Dark (1966), Nightfall and Other Stories (1969), Urania (issue #674, July 1975 and issue #827, March 1980), The Diversifier (issue #20 May 1977), One Hundred Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978), Science Fiction By Asimov (1986), The Best Science Fiction Of Isaac Asimov (1986), Robot Dreams Collection (1986), The Asimov Chronicles Fifty Years Of Isaac Asimov (1989), The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1990), and The Complete Robot (1982)Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Energy Beings: The two characters of the story are humans who had abandoned their physical forms over a trillion years ago. Now Ames and Brock are beings of pure energy. It's been so long they can only vaguely recall what it was like to be physical. Brock's memories are painful enough that she runs away and Ames chases after. | |
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Downer Ending: This story ends with both characters feeling sad because they've lost the "fragile beauty" of their physical bodies by turning into Energy Beings a trillion years ago. "Eyes Do More Than See" is supposed to reaffirm the reader's joy of being human. | |
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Featureless Plane of Disembodied Dialogue: Because the two characters are both Energy Beings capable of rearranging local matter, the only physical thing that could be described is the clay head they sculpt together. There's actually slightly more description than is usual, to emphasize their nature as pure energy. | |
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