"A daring and heretical yarn when published in 1752, 'Micromegas' is the original SF short story, and still one of the best. It brims with scientific fact, extrapolates sun-powered interstellar flight, alien civilizations, and the two moons of Mars, and, most importantly, makes us see ourselves in a new light--and laugh at what we find."--Editor's Notes by Blake Linton Wilfong.