Marsbound (Marsbound Series #1)

by Joe Haldeman

Overview

"Intriguing...a thought-provoking meditation on time, history, and the potential for human evolution." —BookPage

Young Carmen Dula and her family are embarking on the adventure of a lifetime—they're going to Mars!

But Carmen's rebellious streak leads her to venture out into the bleak Mars landscape alone, where she is saved by an angel. An angel with too many arms and legs, a head that looks like a potato gone bad-and a message for the humans on Mars: We were here first...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780441017393
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/28/2009
Series:	Marsbound Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has served twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012. From 1983 to his retirement in 2014, he was a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Intriguing...a thought-provoking meditation on time, history, and the potential for human evolution."
-BOOKPAGE

"Recalling Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet and Podkayne of Mars, Haldeman updates the Martian setting."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Classic sci-fi to be savored."
-MONSTERS AND CRITICS

Editorial Reviews

"Intriguing...a thought-provoking meditation on time, history, and the potential for human evolution." —BOOKPAGE

"Recalling Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet and Podkayne of Mars, Haldeman updates the Martian setting." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Classic sci-fi to be savored." —MONSTERS AND CRITICS

From the Publisher

If there was a Fort Knox for the science fiction writers who really matter, we'd have to lock Haldeman up there.

Stephen King