Project Gutenberg 2008-10-08 Public domain in the USA. 78 Sharkey, Jack 1931 1992 Sharkey, John Michael Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally The Dope on Mars Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Dope on Mars" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book chronicles the first human expedition to Mars from a humorously human perspective, focusing on the experiences of the narrator who is tasked with documenting the journey. The narrative explores themes of exploration, human interaction, and the unexpected complications that arise in a foreign environment. The story follows the protagonist, a writer, as he joins a team of scientists and astronauts on a journey to the Red Planet. As they travel, he documents the ups and downs of life aboard the spacecraft, encountering various challenges and quirky interactions with his crewmates. Upon landing on Mars, they discover strange extraterrestrial beings made of sugar, leading them into a series of comedic misadventures, from survival threats to the unintended consequences of their discoveries. The writer's witty observations and humorous encounters highlight the absurdities of space exploration, ultimately culminating in a dramatic twist as they inadvertently set off an alien invasion of Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 59303 59312 2024-09-11T10:56:33.757367 2023-09-12T05:00:37.436423 text/html text/html 55459 2008-10-08T15:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 141456 2008-10-08T15:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 188036 2024-09-11T10:56:37.067350 application/epub+zip 187048 2024-09-11T10:56:34.996346 application/epub+zip 79778 2024-09-11T10:56:34.220379 application/epub+zip 279376 2024-09-11T10:56:38.701353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252669 2024-09-11T10:56:36.556336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142884 2022-09-12T11:35:40.764809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52596 52496 2024-09-11T10:56:33.421350 2023-09-12T05:00:37.135445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52436 2008-10-08T15:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20097 2008-10-08T15:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20054 2024-09-11T10:56:38.847327 application/rdf+xml 12129 2024-09-11T10:56:34.563354 image/jpeg 3347 2024-09-11T10:56:34.392356 image/jpeg 188940 2024-09-11T10:56:33.771391 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia