Title: The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance

Title: The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance Title Record # 305771
Author: Michael Chabon
Date: 2003-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: "The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance" © 2003 by Michael Chabon. First appeared in McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, Issue No. 10 (Vintage: New York). Reprinted by permission of the Mary Evans Agency. (source: The copyright acknowledgments page from The Secret History of Science Fiction) The story is the first and only completed chapter of the aborted novelization of Chabon's screenplay for the cancelled film, "The Martian Agent".

Synopsis: In an alternate timeline where the American Revolution failed, when a second attempted Revolution fails in 1876 it orphans the two young sons of a rebel couple, until they are taken under the wing of their uncle a renowned English airship designer and explorer.

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales	2003-00-00	ed. Michael Chabon	Hamish Hamilton	0-241-14231-8	£14.99^?£: UK pound	498	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	H. J. Ward
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales	2003-02-00	ed. Michael Chabon	Vintage Books	1-4000-3339-X	$13.95^?$: US dollar	478	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	H. J. Ward
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales	2004-06-00	ed. Michael Chabon	Penguin Books	0-14-101404-0	£8.99^?£: UK pound	498	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	H. J. Ward
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales	2007-12-18	ed. Michael Chabon	Vintage Books	978-0-307-42682-6	$12.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Steampunk	2008-05-00	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-75-9	$14.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 373	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Insect Lab
The Secret History of Science Fiction	2009-10-01	ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-93-3	$14.95^?$: US dollar	380+ [1]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Digital Vision
Steampunk	date unknown	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-75-9	$14.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 373	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Insect Lab
Steampunk	date unknown	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-75-9	$14.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 373	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Insect Lab
The Secret History of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-93-3	$16.95^?$: US dollar	380+ [1]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Digital Vision

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