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The Sands of Mars

by Arthur C. Clarke · 1951

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Space writers holiday. When a celebrated science fiction writer takes to space on his first trip to Mars, he's sure to be in for some heckling from the spaceship crew. But Martin Gibson, man about space, takes it all in his stride. That is, until he lands on the red planet. Once there the intrepid author causes one problem after another as he stumbles upon Mars's most carefully hidden secrets and threatens the future of an entire planet!

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
MarsMarsMore like thisLess of this
Mood
action packedaction packedMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 229 pages

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