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Synopsis
In Clarke's first published full-length science fiction novel, renowned science fiction writer Martin Gibson joins the spaceship Ares, the world's first interplanetary ship for passenger travel, on its maiden voyage to Mars. His mission: to report back to the home planet about the new Mars colony and the progress it has been making.
First published in 1951, before the achievement of space flight, Clarke addresses hard physical and scientific issues with aplomb—and the best scientific understanding of the times. Included are the challenges of differing air pressures, lack of oxygen, food provisions, severe weather patterns, construction on Mars, and methods of local travel-both on the surface and to the planet's two moons.
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About the Author
Arthur C. Clarke was considered to be the greatest science fiction writer of all time. He was an international treasure in many other ways: an article he wrote in 1945 led to the invention of satellite technology. Books by Mr. Clarke - both fiction and nonfiction - have more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. He died in 2008 at the age of 90.
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- PublisherSidgwick & Jackson Ltd
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0283983515
- ISBN 13 9780283983511
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Gordon C Davies (illustrator). 1976 Edition. © 1951: A stand-alone novel by Arthur C Clarke. 2nd printing of 1976 edition:- Synopsis: It is the twenty-first century. On Mars a dedicated group of pioneers - among them some of Earth's finest brains - struggle to change the face of the planet. The Mars of this novel has no fabulous cities or exotic princesses; it is the planet which modern science has revealed to us, and the book's authenticity provides a far greater excitement than would fantasy. Against this background, Arthur C Clarke has woven a thrilling story about a group of very real people, to show that amidst the wonder of future science, human nature will stay very much the same. A startling, prophetic novel by the author of '2001: A Space Odyssey':- (original cost £0.75). Seller Inventory # 17.012.00036
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