Eyes Do More Than See
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| Author | Isaac Asimov |
|---|---|
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | science fiction short story |
| Released in | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Fantasy House |
| Media Type | Magazine |
| Released | April 1965 |
Eyes Do More Than See is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was commissioned by Playboy magazine and intended to be based on a photograph of a clay head without ears. Two other writers (?) were commissioned to do the same thing, but whilst their stories were accepted, Asimov's was quickly rejected. It was published later in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in April 1965. It has since been anthologised several times and has been included in Asimov's collection Nightfall and Other Stories (1969).
The story is very short; about three pages in paperback.
In the very distant future - about a trillion years in the future - humans have long since abandoned physical form and they exist as energy entities spanning space.
Two of these entities, known only as Ames and Brock, tire of artistic competitions using manipulations of energy. They discuss a new project in which they attempt to manipulate physical matter, and Ames creates a head. Brock, who was once a woman, is painfully reminded of her physical past and that she once knew love. She flees from the head.
| Nightfall and Other Stories |
| Nightfall | Green Patches | Hostess | Breeds There a Man...? | C-Chute | In a Good Cause- | What If- | Sally | Flies | Nobody Here But- | It's Such a Beautiful Day | Strikebreaker | Insert Knob A in Hole B | The Up-To-Date Sorcerer | Unto the Fourth Generation | What is This Thing Called Love? | The Machine that Won the War | My Son, the Physicist | Eyes Do More Than See | Segregationist |
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