02392cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500220014426400510016630000470021733600260026433700260029033800360031649000730035250000310042550800960045652011150055253400770166765300200174465300180176465300240178265300380180665300220184465300360186683000730190285600430197566389UtSlPG20260610134531.0mcr n260607r20211954utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aMarmor, Arnold,d1927-197810aMarty the Martian 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1954  aRelease date is 2021-09-27  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Marty the Martian" by Arnold Marmor is a science fiction story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around Nick Faber, who is tasked by Norbert Marsten, the owner of a circus, to travel to Mars and capture a Martian for his show. The book explores themes of alien encounters and human ambition as Marsten seeks to create a sensational attraction that no other circus possesses.  The story follows Nick Faber as he embarks on a daring journey to Mars with his pilot, Joe Roane. Upon landing, they encounter strange Martians, which leads to a grim fate for Roane and an unexpected twist for Nick. The Martians, using a machine to transfer consciousness, swap bodies with Nick, leaving him trapped in a Martian form and making him the centerpiece of Marsten's circus. As Nick grapples with his new reality as "Marty the Martian," he realizes that the plot goes deeper, as the Martians plan to use Marsten for their own objectives. The narrative blends humor with a cautionary tale about the dangers of ambition and the exploitation of the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1954  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aMartians -- Fiction  aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction  aCircus -- Fiction  aSpace flight to Mars -- Fiction 0aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 195440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66389