Marooned on Mars

Marooned On Mars
Author(s)	Lester del Rey
Cover artist	Paul Orban
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	John C. Winston
Publication date	1952
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	210 pp

Marooned on Mars is a 1952 juvenile science fiction novel by Lester Del Rey. Illustrations in the first edition are by Alex Schomburg.

Plot summary

Chuck Svenson, a seventeen year old living on the Moon, is chosen to be one of six crewmembers of the first spaceship to travel to Mars. His juvenile status keeps him from being allowed to take the position, once his age is discovered. He boards as a stowaway, and is accepted by the other crew upon discovery. The Mars landing is a disaster, damaging the ship. While attempting to repair the ship, the crew encounter aliens, who abduct Chuck without harming him. The crew learns that the aliens are friendly, and want the crew to be able to return to the Moon.

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the novel favorably in Astounding, noting it was marked by the "touch of reality."^[1]

References

1. ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, November 1952, p.154

External links

• Marooned on Mars at the Internet Science Fiction database
• Marooned on Mars in the University of Delaware Library "Aliens & Others" special collection