Voyage to the Red Planet
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688094953 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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has survived the Greater Depression by selling off assets to settle its debts. Disney has bought NASA, and now wants to film a movie on location on Mars. Back on Earth, business mergers are threatening not only her chances, but also that of the entire voyage, as Mission Control goes bankrupt and can no longer provide the sophisticated course correction the Mary Poppins requires. The writing is enjoyably silly: Bisson ( Fire on the Mountain ) describes this making of a B-movie in tongue-in-cheek prose, itself deliberately reminiscent of the hackneyed plotting of that genre. spaceship, the Mary Poppins , is restored to active status, and takes off. . The U.S. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. On board, in addition to the movie crew, is a stowaway teenage
"A smart and amusing satire framed as a science fiction novel" according to Traveling professor. A smart and amusing satire framed as a science fiction novel about Hollywood taking over space exploration and much else.. "What if the first spaceflight to Mars was done by Hollywood?" according to Glen Engel Cox. Look at NASAplease! If there isn't a more frightening indication of the impact of space on today's culture, I'll become a monk in space. Can you even see NASA from where you are, or is it hidden behind the lifestyles, the crime reports, the utter banality of "human interest" stories in the news? When you do hear about NASA it is either because they a. Nash Android said Going to Mars to Make a Movie. What struck me when I was reading this near future space adventure is how dated it is. Much has happened since this was originally published in 1991 (not all that long ago), such as further (robotic) exploration of Mars and the collapse of the Soviet Union, both of which never occurred in this story. A couple of the things that did happen in this fic
By the author of "Wyrldmaker".. But then Markham, head of Pellucida Films, cons two of the original Mars spacemen out of retirement and promises them their dream of setting foot on the Red Planet. The depression has meant that a mission to Mars has been shelved for 20 years