The Martian Way and Other Stories
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Author | Isaac Asimov |
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Cover artist | Richard Shelton[1] |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1955 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 222 |
Preceded by | I, Robot |
Followed by | Earth Is Room Enough |
The Martian Way and Other Stories is a 1955 collection of four science fiction stories (3 novelettes and one novella by American writer Isaac Asimov, previously published in 1952 and 1954. Although single-author story collections generally sell poorly, The Martian Way and Other Stories did well enough that Doubleday science fiction editor Walter I. Bradbury was willing to publish a second collection, Earth Is Room Enough, in 1957.
Contents
- "The Martian Way", novelette
- "Youth", novelette
- "The Deep", novelette
- "Sucker Bait", novella
Reception
Groff Conklin praised the collection as "an excellent introduction to the style and to the imagination of one of science fiction's most important writers."[2]
References
Sources
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 22. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- The Martian Way and Other Stories at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Possible Costs of Terraforming
- Research Paper: Technological Requirements for Terraforming Mars
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