Project Gutenberg 2010-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 226 Holden, Fox B. 1923 Orban, Paul 1896 1974 A Gift For Terra Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction September 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Gift For Terra" by Fox B. Holden is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around Johnny Love, an astronaut who becomes the first human to land on Mars, only to find himself in a deadly situation after his ship crashes. The novella explores themes of survival, the unknown, and humanity's quest for knowledge and connection with other life forms, particularly in the context of space exploration. In this gripping tale, Johnny Love crash-lands on Mars where he initially believes he is alone after losing his partner, Ferris. As he wanders the desolate landscape, he encounters Martians who reveal that they have been observing humans but are wary of their intent. The Martians wish to offer humanity advanced technology and knowledge to prevent the destruction that has befallen their civilization due to previous contact with Earth. However, as Johnny grapples with his situation and the ulterior motives behind the Martians' offers, he faces moral dilemmas and paranoia about Earth's future. As the narrative unfolds, the suspense builds toward the impending arrival of additional human space crews, leading to a climactic moment where the fates of both worlds hang in the balance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32487/32487-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Martians -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 68994 2025-06-13T09:47:20.180439 text/html 65556 2021-01-06T15:37:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 114895 2021-01-06T15:37:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130921 2025-06-13T09:47:22.677440 application/epub+zip 129726 2025-06-13T09:47:20.861446 application/epub+zip 86603 2025-06-13T09:47:20.554418 application/epub+zip 169371 2025-06-13T09:47:24.187426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161839 2025-06-13T09:47:22.360432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118881 2022-09-15T04:54:31.426565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60174 2025-06-13T09:47:19.989427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60047 2021-01-06T15:37:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23599 2021-01-06T15:37:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19589 2025-06-13T09:47:24.345401 application/rdf+xml 31159 2025-06-13T09:47:20.634445 image/jpeg 4958 2025-06-13T09:47:20.594419 image/jpeg 115676 2025-06-13T09:47:20.195448 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog