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_aMarmor, Arnold, _d1927-1978 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aMarty the Martian |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2021 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1954 | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2021-09-27 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _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.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1954 |
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| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aMartians -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aCircus -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSpace flight to Mars -- Fiction | ||
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1954 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66389 |
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