Rainbow Mars

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Rainbow Mars
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First edition cover
Author Larry Niven
Cover artist Bob Eggleton
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Tor Books
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages316 (hardcover)
ISBN 0-312-86777-8
OCLC 39887074
813/.54 21
LC Class PS3564.I9 R3 1999

Rainbow Mars is a 1999 science fiction short story collection by American writer Larry Niven. It contains six stories of Hanville Svetz, five previously published and the longest, "Rainbow Mars", written for the collection. The setting of the Svetz stories is Earth in the distant future. The hereditary leader of the Earth, known as the Secretary General, is an inbred imbecile. In order to maintain the interest of the Secretary, different factions in the capitol use their advanced science to amuse him. Svetz's section uses time travel in an attempt to bring back long extinct animals from Earth's past. Unbeknownst to Svetz and his team, they are actually travelling back into fictional pasts, and returning with mythical creatures.

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  1. Niven, Larry (1999). "AFTERWORD: SVETZ AND THE BEANSTALK". Rainbow Mars . New York City, United States: Tom Doherty Associates. pp.  368–369. ISBN   9780312867775 . Retrieved 27 February 2015. rainbow mars pratchett.