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When it rains in a Burroughs novel, the reader gets wet." -- Science-fiction writer Jack McDevitt
Combining otherworldly adventures with elements of classical myth, fast-paced plots with cliffhanging tension, and imaginative fantasy with vivid prose, Edgar Rice Burroughs The Martian Tales Trilogy helped define a new literary genre emerging in the early twentieth century that would become known as science fiction.
Hero John Carter proves himself...
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As the war between Earth and Mars heats up, threatening the potential destruction of both parties, Alex Smith and his Martian friend, Big Guy, are caught right in the middle-between the humans and the aliens, between various factions of their own people, between the inherent difficulty of establishing communication between two such dissimilar intelligences. Unless Alex can find some way of bridging the gulf between the worlds, both sides will be left...
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"The Martians opens a door into a possibility that most would reject as impossible. But Nick Redfern in this provocative and exciting book makes a startling case for there being life on Mars-and, in fact, for the whole history of Mars being very, very different from what we have supposed. A wonderful adventure and a very exciting story!"-Whitley Strieber, #1 New York Times bestselling author, CommunionThe Martians is an in-depth study of the theory...
45) The Martians
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The Martians is an in-depth study of the theory that Mars was once a world that teemed with life. Perhaps, even, life not too dissimilar to ours. Incredibly, the Martians may still be there. Alive. The questions that this book asks and answers include the following:
• What kind of society did the Martians have?
• What caused their world to become harsh and desert-like?
• Did global warming or nuclear war ensure the extinction of the Martians?
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Billy and Jilly Watson ask Mikkee the Martian to explain the Bermuda Triangle.
Mikkee replies that it started, when an alien spaceship crashed on Earth millions of years ago.
Signals between the Aliens and their home planet cause interruptions in the sea and air in the surrounding area, and ships and planes caught in the disturbance, are trapped in a time bubble,
Mikkee takes the twins to visit one such bubble, where their ship is raided by pirates...
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The story is about a Martian named Macon that loved exploring space, asteroids, and different planets. After experiencing mechanical trouble with his spaceship, he had to land on planet Earth. After landing his disabled spaceship on Earth, he befriended a young boy named David. The two of them looked for the lithium that Macon needed for his spaceship. After Macon found the element that he needed for his spaceship and repaired it, then the both of...
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Mikkee the Martian arrives on earth for a period of research and relaxation. He makes friends with twins Billy and Jilly Watson. After parking his spaceship, Mikkee explains some of his special powers, including teleportation. Mikkee uses some of these when finding lodgings with Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong. The next day, the three meet and are soon involved in an exciting adventure of chasing a gang of bank robbers. Again using his special powers, Mikkee...
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An Earth politician disappears on Luna. A young woman misses her man. An old mystic appears on a spaceship. Ava Levin seems to have it all: the face, the body, the beach house, and the revered husband. But when her love disappears on Luna under suspicious circumstances, everything else loses its meaning. Determined to find him, she defies the interplanetary travel restrictions and boards an illegal space flight with an eccentric mystic, Rasputin....
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Jak Jinnaka novels volume 3
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With the soul of thirty-sixth-century humanity at stake, Jak Jinnaka steps in . . . now we're really in trouble Jak Jinnaka parlayed his powerful family connections, unearned media fame, and consistent dumb luck into a cushy job as vice procurator of the Martian moon Deimos, an office he precariously maintains alongside his top-secret post as a station chief for Hive Intelligence-two soft jobs for an already rich, handsome, single young man in a fun-loving...
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On a windswept sand dune in Kitty Hawk North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright created a new world in 1903 when they made their historic first airplane flight. It had taken a train and a steamship to transport their flier from Dayton Ohio to Kitty Hawk. No one ever imagined how much their world would change after the invention of a machine that would enable human flight. No one imagined the new world when, just a mere sixty-six years later in 1969,...
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It's the weekend, and Mr. Watson has arranged for Mikkee the Martian and the twins to visit an ancient castle. Billy is not amused. On arriving, they are, escorted by a pompous guide through a tour of the castle. Mikkee sees the ghost of the king leaning against the entrance. He gives the twins the power to see him too. The king acts the clown and makes fun of the guide. The twins find this all very funny and are, told off by their father, who, of...
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Ray Bradbury Theater volume 8
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A Martian welcomes grieving parents who move to Mars. Guest starring John Vernon
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Since he was a boy, Julius Stetson dreamt of what life would be like on another planet. After a tragic work accident, he gets an unprecedented chance to make his dream a reality. However, fate plays a cruel trick. As his Martian dream descends into nightmare, the man from Pontiac must make an impossible choice. No matter what he does, his decision will change both worlds.
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A Study Guide for Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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Mikkee the Martian and the twins are watching a TV program about ghost hunting. Billy does not believe in ghosts, but Mikkee knows otherwise. He invites the twins to visit a haunted house. There they meet the ghost and hear an evil story of how he was left to roam the earth. Mikkee summons a higher authority, finds a solution to the ghost's problems, and solves a murder mystery over a hundred years old.
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Kino Lorber
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[2018]
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Capturing humanity's first venture into the colonization of another planet, and its tragic first contact with another species, a stunning achievement will take viewers from the edge of their seat and to the stars. Earth is on the verge of extinction. To survive, humankind must find another place to live. When three expeditions to Mars, headed by Col. John Wilder, find suitable conditions for relocations, humans pour in by the shipload, bringing the...
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