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A Golden Age science fiction tale in which a signal from Mars challenges humanity's understanding of intelligence, distance, and destiny.

In Message from Mars, Clifford D. Simak explores first contact not as spectacle, but as quiet revelation. When a... Read Full Overview

A Golden Age science fiction tale in which a signal from Mars challenges humanity's understanding of intelligence, distance, and destiny.

In Message from Mars, Clifford D. Simak explores first contact not as spectacle, but as quiet revelation. When a... Read Full Overview

b>Fifty-five pioneers had died on the "bridge of bones" that spanned the Void to the rusty plains of Mars. Now the fifty-sixth stood on the red planet his only ship a total wreck-and knew that Earth was doomed unless he could send a warning within hours.

b>Fifty-five pioneers had died on the "bridge of bones" that spanned the Void to the rusty plains of Mars. Now the fifty-sixth stood on the red planet his only ship a total wreck-and knew that Earth was doomed unless he could send a warning within hours.