This article reassesses J.-H. Rosny aîné’s two sequential novels, Les Navigateurs de l’infini (1925) and Les Astronautes (1933; published posthumously in 1960), dealing with the exploratory voyage of three astronauts to Mars and humanity’s first encounter with a rational extraterrestrial race. The love story between the human first-person narrator, Jacques, and Grâce, an orificeless, six-eyed female tripedal creature, gradually eclipses the wider context of exploration and scientific advancement. The romance occupies much of the sequel, with the added complication of a love triangle with Violaine, the sister of one of the other voyagers. Through the perspective of this unusual relationship, Rosny calls into question European colonialism and pessimistic science fiction exemplified by H. G. Wells pitting human civilization against an alien enemy. The works may be contextualized as part of an interwar wave of science fiction involving Martians that critiqued imperialism. Above all, alterity is posited as an ultimately positive notion.

本文重新评估J.-H. 罗斯尼·阿涅（Rosnyaîné）的两部连续小说，《无限航行》（Les Navigateurs de l'infini，1925年）和《宇航员》（Les Astronautes）（1933年； 1960年死后出版），涉及三名宇航员对火星的探索航行，以及人类第一次与理性的外星种族相遇。人类第一人称叙述者雅克（Jacques）和格莱斯（Grâce）之间的爱情故事，逐渐消失了探索和科学进步的广阔背景，后者是六孔无眼，三眼女性的三足动物。爱情故事占据了续集的大部分内容，与另一个旅行者之一的姐姐Violaine形成的三角恋情也更加复杂。从这种不寻常的关系的角度来看，罗斯尼对欧洲的殖民主义和悲观的科幻小说提出了质疑，以HG威尔斯（HG Wells）将人类文明与一个外星敌人抗衡为例。这些作品可能是两次战争之间科幻小说浪潮的一部分，涉及火星人对帝国主义进行了批判。最重要的是，改变被认为是最终的积极概念。