Cover artist Ric Binkley Publication date 1954 Pages 191 pp Country United States of America | Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1954 Publisher Gnome Press OCLC 5304913 | |
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Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Highways in Hiding, The Forgotten Planet, Good Digging, The Seven Soldiers of Victory Ar, The Fabulous World Of | ||
Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars is a science fiction novel by William Morrison (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson). It was published in 1954 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies.
Contents
Plot introduction
The novel concerns the adventures of a boy and his sapient dog as they join an interplanetary circus on a voyage to Mars.
Reception
Anthony Boucher praised the novel as "the most enjoyable non-Heinlein s.f. for the young" in several years, describing Morrison's writing as "easy, lively, humorous and charming."
References
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