Project Gutenberg 2021-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 128 Marmor, Arnold 1927 1978 Marty the Martian $aUnited States :$bGreenleaf Publishing Company,$c1954. Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1954 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Marty the Martian" by Arnold Marmor is a science fiction story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around Nick Faber, who is tasked by Norbert Marsten, the owner of a circus, to travel to Mars and capture a Martian for his show. The book explores themes of alien encounters and human ambition as Marsten seeks to create a sensational attraction that no other circus possesses. The story follows Nick Faber as he embarks on a daring journey to Mars with his pilot, Joe Roane. Upon landing, they encounter strange Martians, which leads to a grim fate for Roane and an unexpected twist for Nick. The Martians, using a machine to transfer consciousness, swap bodies with Nick, leaving him trapped in a Martian form and making him the centerpiece of Marsten's circus. As Nick grapples with his new reality as "Marty the Martian," he realizes that the plot goes deeper, as the Martians plan to use Marsten for their own objectives. The narrative blends humor with a cautionary tale about the dangers of ambition and the exploitation of the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20210307040159marmor 1954 US Reading ease score: 96.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Martians -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Circus -- Fiction Space flight to Mars -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 33533 2025-07-26T09:08:07.544993 text/html 9505 2024-10-18T16:23:33 text/html 277188 2025-07-26T09:08:09.206975 application/epub+zip 276021 2025-07-26T09:08:07.934964 application/epub+zip 66858 2025-07-26T09:08:07.730008 application/epub+zip 308840 2025-07-26T09:08:10.332998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301541 2025-07-26T09:08:09.022159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 92441 2022-09-29T20:32:39.608197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27485 2025-07-26T09:08:07.435999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 7626 2024-10-18T16:23:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17554 2025-07-26T09:08:10.480969 application/rdf+xml 26567 2025-07-26T09:08:07.821993 image/jpeg 4713 2025-07-26T09:08:07.774998 image/jpeg 270128 2025-07-26T09:08:07.556989 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