Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.

然而，在太空的深渊中，侵略者看待我们就像我们看待灭亡的野兽一样，它们巨大、冷酷、没有同情心，用嫉妒的眼光看着这个地球，并慢慢地、坚定地制定了计划来对付我们。