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100 1 _aSharkey, Jack,
_d1931-1992
245 1 4 _aThe Dope on Mars
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Galaxy Magazine June 1960.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-10-08
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Dope on Mars" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book chronicles the first human expedition to Mars from a humorously human perspective, focusing on the experiences of the narrator who is tasked with documenting the journey. The narrative explores themes of exploration, human interaction, and the unexpected complications that arise in a foreign environment. The story follows the protagonist, a writer, as he joins a team of scientists and astronauts on a journey to the Red Planet. As they travel, he documents the ups and downs of life aboard the spacecraft, encountering various challenges and quirky interactions with his crewmates. Upon landing on Mars, they discover strange extraterrestrial beings made of sugar, leading them into a series of comedic misadventures, from survival threats to the unintended consequences of their discoveries. The writer's witty observations and humorous encounters highlight the absurdities of space exploration, ultimately culminating in a dramatic twist as they inadvertently set off an alien invasion of Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace flight -- Fiction
653 _aMars (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aWood, Wallace,
_d1927-1981
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy Magazine June 1960.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26843
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