A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum

"A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum is a science fiction short story published in July 1934. After crash-landing on Mars, American chemist Dick Jarvis begins a perilous trek back to his ship. Along the way, he rescues an intelligent birdlike alien named Tweel, who becomes his companion. Together they encounter bizarre Martian life forms—silicon-based pyramid builders, deadly dream-beasts that project illusions, and mysterious cart creatures with inscrutable purposes. The journey tests both survival skills and the possibility of true communication across species. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Weinbaum, Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman), 1902-1935
Title A Martian Odyssey
Series Title Produced from the 1949 book A Martian Odyssey and Others by Stanley G. Weinbaum, pp. 1-27.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Martian_Odyssey
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, Joel Schlosberg and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 23731
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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