The Day The Martians Came

Frederik Pohl

Macmillan, Nov 15, 1989 - Fiction - 248 pages

Henry Steegman is hardly "Mr. Personality" aboard the Mars-bound Algonquin 9. Yet it is he who bungles upon the spectacular Macy's-like city beneath the Red Planet's crust. For better or worse, the name Steegman will be immortalized by a discovery that will transform millions of lives. For a struggling screenwriter, the Martian beings could mean a big story, big bucks, headlines...and more women than any many his size has ever known... For an exhiled Russian rocket man, the are a possible route to America's space program, and the land of opportunity... For a flying-saucer faker of flickering fame, the possibilities are out of this world. In a brilliant near-future look at the human condition, Frederick Pohl has honed his satire-sharp science fiction to a steely new edge.

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Review: The Day the Martians Came

User Review  - Scott Holstad - Goodreads

I like Frederik Pohl, on average, but this book is below average. It's not even much of an attempt at sci fi -- just loosely related to it. It starts out rather promisingly, with some crashed ...

Review: The Day the Martians Came

User Review  - Mark Edlund - Goodreads

A collection of short stories tied into the theme of the discovery of life on Mars by an almost failed Mars expedition. Had sort of a Martian Chronicles feel to it without the lyricism or the horror ...

Contents

• EXTRACT FROM THE Congressional Record: 1
• A MARTIAN CHRISTMAS: 5
• MARTIANS LACK LANGUAGE BUT POSSESS ORGANIZED SOCIETY: 27
• SAD SCREENWRITER SAM: 29
• FERDIE DEAD: 42
• THE VIEW FROM MARS HILL: 47
• MARTIAN POLAR WANDERINGS: 71
• SAUCERY: 74
• MARS AT THE BRITISH ASS: 88
• THE BELTWAY BANDIT: 94
• THE PRESIDENTS NEWS CONFERENCE: 122
• TOO MUCH LOOSESTRIFE: 125
• OPRAH WINFREY: 144
• IRIADESKAS MARTIANS: 148
• NOTES FROM THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY: 184
• THE MISSIONER: 187
• WE WAIT WITH EAGERNESS AND JOY: 210
• ACROSS THE RIVER: 214
• THE DAY AFTER THE DAY THE MARTIANS CAME: 236
• HUDDLING: 247

About the author

Frederik Pohl has won all the major awards in the field of science fiction, including three Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, both for Best Novel; the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, also for Best Novel; he was accorded the accolade of Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He's also won three Hugo awards as editor of the best magazine. He edited the groundbreaking Star Science Fiction series of original-story anthologies. He and his wife, educator and political activist Elizabeth Anne Hull, live in Palatine, Illinois.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Day The Martians Came
• Author: Frederik Pohl
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1989
• ISBN: 0312917813, 9780312917814
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / General