Welcome to Mars

by James Blish

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380633477
• ISBN13: 9780380633470
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great kids SF book

I first read this book 20 years ago and still remember it as one of my most memorable childhood reading experiences. The book concerns Dolph, a teenager who discovers that an anti-gravity field can be generated from simple electronics. Using further parts from army surplus stores he decides to outfit a simple spacecraft for a sojourn to Mars. He goes...and gets stranded due to the failure of a simple, but irreplaceable part.Sounds kinda dumb, but the book is well written, the characters are intelligent and believable in the face of adversity...and the ending is great. All in all its a fantastic kids book and a good intro to SF for kids...I wish I could get hold of a copy of this book...