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Atom War on Mars
The Horrors of Atomic Warfare Unleashed on Mars
by
E C Tubb
Trade PB. 16mo. Panther Books/Hamilton & Co, London, UK. 1952. 122 pgs.
Wrappers worn with rubbing and wear present to the spine. Previous owner's name present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
Earth and its colonies on Mars and Venus are ruled by an authoritarian post-World War III world state which plans to take control of a new method of space travel when it has been perfected by a Martian scientist. When they fail to secure the invention, the world state's Coordinator decides to destroy the Mars colony with "radi-germ bombs.
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