Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars

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Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author William Morrison
Cover artistRic Binkley
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Gnome Press
Publication date
1954
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages191
OCLC 5304913

Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars is a children's science fiction novel by American writer William Morrison (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson). It was published in 1954 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies.

Contents

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the adventures of a boy and his sapient dog as they join an interplanetary circus on a voyage to Mars.

Reception

Anthony Boucher praised the novel as "the most enjoyable non-Heinlein s.f. for the young" in several years, describing Morrison's writing as "easy, lively, humorous and charming." [1]

References

  1. "Recommended Reading," F&SF , September 1955, p.88.

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