Message from Mars: A Positronic Book - Softcover

Simak, Clifford D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1515452743 ISBN 13: 9781515452744

Publisher: Positronic Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

A Golden Age science fiction tale in which a signal from Mars challenges humanity's understanding of intelligence, distance, and destiny.

In Message from Mars, Clifford D. Simak explores first contact not as spectacle, but as quiet revelation. When a transmission from the red planet reaches Earth, it carries more than technical mystery-it unsettles political assumptions, scientific certainty, and humanity's confidence in its own centrality. Simak's characteristic restraint replaces bombast with reflection, allowing the drama to unfold through measured discovery and moral choice.

Written during the formative decades of American science fiction, the story exemplifies Simak's enduring themes: rural humanism, philosophical speculation, and the possibility that the universe may be stranger-and more humane-than expected. As both speculative adventure and thoughtful meditation, Message from Mars stands within the tradition of mid-century science fiction that valued idea over explosion and character over spectacle.

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About the Author

Clifford D. Simak (1904-1988) was an American science fiction writer associated with the Golden Age of the genre. Known for his gentle, philosophical approach to speculative storytelling, Simak often set cosmic ideas within rural American landscapes. His works, including City and Way Station, earned multiple Hugo Awards and established him as one of the most thoughtful voices in twentieth-century science fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Positronic Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1515452743
• ISBN 13: 9781515452744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36