How We Went to Mars

1938 short story by Arthur C. Clarke

"How We Went to Mars" is a humorous short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was first published in March 1938, in the third and final issue of Amateur Science Stories maganize. It follows a group of British rocket scientists who travel to Mars and their interactions with Martian society. It was awarded the 1939 Retro Hugo[1] at Loncon 3 in 2014.

The short story was published in Czech in the collection Direction of Time (Polaris, 2002)[2] translated by Petr Caha.

References

  1. ^ "1939 Retro-Hugo Awards". April 18, 2014.
  2. ^ CLARKE, Arthur Charles. Směr času. Frenštát pod Radhoštěm: Polaris, 2002. ISBN 80-7332-002-9. Kapitola Obsah, s. 349.

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Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story
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