Omnilingual
Author: H. Beam Piper
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Languages: English, RU, Chinese, Japanese
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short story
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On a long-dead Mars, an archaeologist races to find the bilingual key that will unlock a vanished civilization's written language.
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- Martha Dane — Archaeologist: Archaeologist determined to decipher the dead Martian language.
- Selim von Ohlmhorst — Archaeologist: Elderly Turco-German Hittitologist, Martha's senior colleague.
- Tony Lattimer — Archaeologist: Ambitious archaeologist and Martha's rival.
- Hubert Penrose — Colonel, Space Force CO: Colonel commanding the expedition's Space Force contingent.
- Sachiko Koremitsu — Ordnance officer: Japanese ordnance officer who restores fragile documents; Martha's friend.
- Ivan Fitzgerald — Medic: The expedition's physician.
- Mort Tranter — Lab technician: Lab man with a working knowledge of chemistry and physics.
- Sid Chamberlain — Reporter: Trans-Space News Service reporter covering the dig.
- Gloria Standish — Signals / telecaster: Signals officer who fronts the evening telecasts.
- Major Lindemann — Engineer officer: Major in charge of the expedition's engineering.
- Captain Miles — Captain: Officer who recognizes the diagram of a uranium atom.