Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Dope on Mars
    The Dope on Mars
    The Dope on Mars
    Ebook27 pages20 minutes

    The Dope on Mars

    By John Michael Sharkey

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Somebody had to get the human angle on this trip ... but what was humane about sending me?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateApr 17, 2014
    ISBN9781609778361
    The Dope on Mars

    Related to The Dope on Mars

    Related ebooks

    Science Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      No Space For Cowboys

      Oct 17, 2021

      No Space For Cowboys
      6 min read

    • Article

      Adrift In Los Angeles: Mark Haskell Smith And His Book, 'Blown'

      Jun 27, 2018

      LOS ANGELES - "Blown," the new, funny and sometimes raunchy novel from L.A. writer Mark Haskell Smith, begins on a ship adrift with one dying passenger and $12 million in cash. To talk about it, I asked Smith - who is a friend and game for just about

      5 min read

    • Article

      LetTer BoCKS

      Feb 1, 2024

      LetTer BoCKS
      12 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Sep 7, 2023

      Bravo to David Hambling for his precise response to Barry Baldwin on climate change causes [FT434:14]. Are there any places online where we can find the sources he mentions, especially the satellite tracking of how much energy reaches us from the Sun

      9 min read

    • Article

      First Man Tells The Story Of A Hero You Thought You Knew

      Oct 22, 2018

      NASA DIDN’T TALK MUCH ABOUT THE DAY IT nearly killed Neil Armstrong—and that was smart. It was just over a year before Armstrong was set to become the first man on the moon, in command of Apollo 11, and while he hadn’t been officially tapped for the

      8 min read

    • Article

      The Hero

      Feb 1, 2024

      The Hero
      2 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Feb 25, 2021

      Dennis Lien [FT388:70] gave instances of size discrepancies between alien species, leading to unexpected results. I immediately thought of two more examples: Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “The mighty ships tore across the emp

      13 min read

    • Article

      Novel Approaches

      Jun 14, 2023

      Novel Approaches
      7 min read

    • Article

      Romana’s Road

      Feb 24, 2021

      Romana’s Road
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Ark Knight Rises

      Jun 14, 2023

      The Ark Knight Rises
      6 min read

    • Article

      “Beware The Moon, Lads!”

      Dec 27, 2019

      “Beware The Moon, Lads!”
      7 min read

    • Article

      Mark Rylance

      Jun 26, 2020

      Mark Rylance
      13 min read

    • Article

      Hogwash!

      May 17, 2021

      Hogwash!
      3 min read

    • Article

      What Slim Saw

      Jun 10, 2021

      What Slim Saw
      11 min read

    • Article

      Rocket Man

      Jan 26, 2022

      STAR TREK AND REAL SPACE flight have crossed paths before. A Space Shuttle test orbiter was christened Enterprise. Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, appeared in The Next Generation. Two astronauts cameoed in Enterprise. But all of those we

      3 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Jul 13, 2023

      James Wright’s letter [FT431:62- 63] rightly points out that the film Poltergeist was allegedly ‘cursed’. However, he gave me a laugh when he mentions actress “JoBeth Williams, who won the part for showing precocious reading ability at her audition”.

      14 min read

    • Article

      We Come In Peace

      Mar 4, 2019

      We Come In Peace
      7 min read

    • Article

      Hogwash!

      May 17, 2021

      Hogwash!
      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Dope on Mars

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Dope on Mars - John Michael Sharkey

      THE DOPE on MARS

      By JACK SHARKEY

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2012 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition January 2014

      Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      10   9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1

      ISBN 978-1-60977-836-1

      My agent was the one who got me the job of going along to write up the first trip to Mars. He was always getting me things like that--appearances on TV shows, or mentions in writers' magazines. If he didn't sell much of my stuff, at least he sold me.

      It'll be the biggest break a writer ever got, he told me, two days before blastoff. "Oh, sure there'll be scientific reports on the trip, but the public doesn't want them; they want the human slant on things."

      But, Louie, I said weakly, "I'll probably be locked up for the whole trip. If there are fights or accidents, they won't tell me about them."

      Nonsense, said Louie, sipping carefully at a paper cup of scalding coffee. "It'll be just like the public going along vicariously. They'll identify with you."

      But, Louie, I said, wiping the dampness from my palms on the knees of my trousers as I sat there, "how'll I go about it? A story? An article? A you-are-there type of report? What?"

      Louie shrugged. "So keep a diary. It'll be more intimate,

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1