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Prelude to Mars

This is omnibus and collection of two previously published novels and 16 short stories. The novels are Prelude to Space(1951) and The Sands of Mars(1951). There are eight humorous short stories from Clarke's Tales from the White Hartcollection:

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* Big Game Hunt(1956)

* Critical Mass(1949)

* The Ultimate Melody(1957)

* Moving Spirit(1957)

* The Man Who Ploughed the Sea(1957)

* Cold War(1957)

* What Goes Up(1956)

* Trouble with the Natives(1951 - This did not appear in Tales from the White Hartbut one of the locations in this story is the White Hart bar)

There are also eight serious short stories:

* A Walk in the Dark(1950)

* The Forgotten Enemy(1948)

* The Parasite(1953)

* The Curse(1946)

* The Possessed(1953)

* The Awakening(1942)

* Exile of the Eons(1950)

* Second Dawn(1951)

Audience
adult
Length
long · 497 pages

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