Buy Jupiter

Buy Jupiter

"Buy Jupiter!" is a humorous science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the May 1958 issue of Venture Science Fiction Magazine. The original title of the story was "It Pays", though it was never published under this name.

Government officials of the Terrestrial Federation negotiate to sell the use of Jupiter's atmosphere to an energy-based alien race. The beings refuse to reveal their plans for its use and whether or not they are at war with other similar beings.

Eventually, the aliens reveal that the markings they wish to suspend in Jupiter's atmosphere are an advertising slogan, to be seen by passing spacecraft.

The main Earth negotiator reveals to his colleagues that he has outsmarted the aliens, clearly not experienced dealers, as they failed to seek options on the atmospheres of the other planets. So when rival beings come to do business, the other planets can be sold for a much higher price.


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