Project Gutenberg 2016-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 89 Long, Frank Belknap 1903 1994 Mars is My Destination Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Mars is My Destination" by Frank Belknap Long is a science-fiction adventure written in the early 1960s. The narrative follows Ralph Graham, who is deeply driven by his lifelong dream of reaching Mars, a place fraught with both opportunity and violence. As tensions rise in Earth's spaceports and violent confrontations loom, the story opens with Ralph navigating a chaotic environment that sets the tone for an explosive journey into a world of colonization, danger, and personal conflict. At the start of the novel, Ralph Graham senses impending violence in a spaceport bar filled with patrons anticipating travel to Mars. His instincts prove correct when a confrontation escalates, resulting in a shooting that plunges the bar into chaos. Ralph intervenes and finds himself in deeper trouble as he attracts unwanted attention due to his special Mars clearance, symbolizing his importance in the unfolding events tied to the Martian Colonization Board. Meanwhile, a mysterious blonde woman warns him of the dangers he faces, and the intrigue intensifies as Ralph grapples with his ambitions, relationships, and the volatility surrounding the push for human settlement on Mars. The opening sets the stage for a gripping tale of survival amidst social strife and personal dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 392551 392554 2024-09-21T11:03:53.906456 2023-09-22T08:12:14.692121 text/html text/html 392722 2016-02-05T08:37:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 269819 2016-02-05T08:37:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 286242 2024-09-21T11:03:58.697449 application/epub+zip 292002 2024-09-21T11:03:54.533449 application/epub+zip 210215 2024-09-21T11:03:54.206495 application/epub+zip 418352 2024-09-21T11:04:02.255427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393367 2024-09-21T11:03:58.382475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311919 2022-09-23T09:12:30.698814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376806 376711 2024-09-21T11:03:53.304684 2023-09-22T08:12:14.078114 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 376993 2016-02-05T08:37:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142879 2016-02-05T08:37:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19014 2024-09-21T11:04:02.381405 application/rdf+xml 23133 2024-09-21T11:03:54.286484 image/jpeg 4529 2024-09-21T11:03:54.246436 image/jpeg 270857 2024-09-21T11:03:53.945469 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