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Title: A Martian Oddity

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Title: A Martian Oddity Title Record # 78470
Author: Forrest J. Ackerman
Date: 1950-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Marvel Science Stories, November 1950; also published as Behind the Ate Ball.
Synopsis: The first human to reach Mars is invited to dinner by a Martian family anxious to make him feel at home.
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1950 A Martian Oddity [as by Weaver Wright]
1950 Behind the Ate Ball: A Martian Oddity [as by uncredited]

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J. Ackerman & Friends 1969-04-00 Forrest J. Ackerman Powell PP 142
$0.95?$: US dollar
223
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bill Hughes  
Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends PLUS 2002-05-00 Forrest J. Ackerman Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-26-9
$14.95?$: US dollar
xii+
205
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.
coll Neil Austin  
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