Marooned on Mars

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Lester del Rey: Marooned on Mars (1952)

Published March 17, 1952

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Marooned on Mars is a juvenile science fiction novel written by American writer Lester del Rey. It was published by John C. Winston Co. in 1952 with illustrations by Alex Schomburg. Marooned on Mars was commissioned as one of the first five volumes in Winston Science Fiction, a series of 35 novels published in the 1950s for a readership of teen-aged boys. The typical protagonist in these books was a boy in his late teens who was proficient in the art of electronics, a hobby that was easily available to the readers.

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3 stars

It was pretty OK as far as old fashioned Sci-Fi goes. I certainly preferred the Heinlein Juveniles which I had just finished up before picking this one up. returnreturnAn earthling raised on the Moon is selected to be one of the first men to fly to Mars, by the UN (which now is the only government that matters in like 1990 or something). But they shift the date of launch to prior to his 18th birthday so he's not allowed to go. The Chinese are happy because they can send an American Chinaman instead. Our hero sneaks aboard, and all is happy. Until they land on mars, and they land hard and break the ship, they will all day. An extra mouth to feed doesn't help. They spend all their time trying to fix the ship and don't get to go find Martians, until the Martians find them.