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A Martian Oddity

Forrest J. Ackerman

First published November 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The first human to reach Mars is invited to dinner by a Martian family anxious to make him feel at home.

First published in Marvel Science Stories, November 1950; also published as Behind the Ate Ball.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1950 Cover Marvel Science Stories, November 1950 Stadium Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 128
April 1969 Cover Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends Powell Collection 35
September 1972 Cover Perry Rhodan #17: The Venus Trap Ace Books MAGAZINE 147
August 1978 Cover Skyworlds, Aug 1978 Humorama, Inc. MAGAZINE 9
April 1997 Cover Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing, Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts General Publishing Group Anthology 187
September 2000 Cover Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts, Millennium Edition Sense of Wonder Press Anthology 187
May 2002 Cover Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends PLUS Sense of Wonder Press Collection 33