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Marsbound: 1 (Marsbound Novel)

Marsbound: 1 (Marsbound Novel) Paperback - 2009

by Haldeman, Joe

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Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime--they're going to Mars, in this novel from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Accidental Time Machine" and "Old Twentieth."

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  • Title Marsbound: 1 (Marsbound Novel)
  • Author Haldeman, Joe
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ace Books, New York, New York
  • Date 2009-07-28
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR001667707
  • ISBN 9780441017393 / 0441017398
  • Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.98 x 4.2 x 0.81 in (17.73 x 10.67 x 2.06 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Mars (Planet)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Young Carmen Dula and her family are embarking on the adventure of a lifetime-they're going to Mars. But Carmen's rebellious streak leads her to venture out into the bleak Mars landscape alone, where she is saved by an angel. An angel with too many arms and legs, a head that looks like a potato gone bad-and a message for the humans on Mars: We were here first...

From the publisher

Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has served twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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"Intriguing...a thought-provoking meditation on time, history, and the potential for human evolution."
-BOOKPAGE

"Recalling Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet and Podkayne of Mars, Haldeman updates the Martian setting."
-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Classic sci-fi to be savored."
-MONSTERS AND CRITICS

About the author

Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has served twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.