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by John Wyndham
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, September of 2016 ‧
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''It was a desert. A vista of reddish rocks and drifted sand, arid and hot, extending to the limits of their view. A dreary waste upon which nothing moved or grew . . .''

For British pilot Dale Curtance the Keuntz Prize - to be awarded to the first person to take a spaceship to another planet and back - is the ultimate challenge. Not only has he to build a ship to survive the journey, assemble a top-notch crew and choose a destination, he''s also got to beat the Russians and Americans.

Soon the GLORIA MUNDI blasts off from Salisbury Plain, bound for Mars. There''s only one problem - a stowaway called Joan. Not only does her presence wreck calculations and threaten the mission, but her tale suggests that Mars may be a more dangerous destination than they ever expected.

''Perhaps the best writer of science fiction England has ever produced'' Stephen King

Stowaway To Mars

by John Wyndham

Property Description
ISBN: 9780241977033
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Release Date: September of 2016
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Science fiction
EAN: 9780241977033
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Wyndham

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, nasceu no Reino Unido, em Knowle a 10 de Julho de 1903, tendo vindo a falecer em 1969. Após ter tentado várias profissões, John Wyndham começou a escrever na década de 1930, mas o seu primeiro grande êxito deveu-o a O Dia das Trífides, publicado em 1951. Seguem-se diversos outros títulos, que inspiraram várias versões cinematográficas. O aspecto mais impresionante das suas obras é o facto de os invasores alienígenas não se apresentarem como monstros, mas surgirem discretamente dentro da normalidade do quotidiano. Interessante também, nas suas obras, é a visionária lucidez com que denuncia a exploração dos recursos ambientais pela humanidade.

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