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Title of Story
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The Return from Mars
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Critical Introduction
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Placeholder. Coming in 2026
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Story Summary
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After crashing on Mars and staying for 6 years, a scientist, a meteorologist have finished repairing their ship and say goodbye to the Martians they'd enjoyed their time with. On board, discussions of gravitation and magnetic fields, before approaching Earth. When they get thee they find all of humanity has been wiped out. A war in 1940 had seen the development of a deadly gas that had killed all of humanity. They return to Mars.
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Science Fiction Subgenres
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space fiction
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dystopian
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planetary
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future war
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Inventions
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Gravitation screens
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Magnetic fields that adjust to different gravitational forces, blocking or attracting as needed.
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Magnetised anti-gravity screens
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The mother ship renamed 'The Zannus'
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The hoverer, an orbit to ground shuttle
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A yellow gas encompassing the entire Earth, deadly to humanity
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Related Newspaper Fiction
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Future War stories
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How this Story was Identified
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Seaching for Hal Pink and other pseudonyms
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Date Details Added to IA
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June 2024
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Historical Context
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Anxieties about a second World War becoming likely.
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Attributed Author
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Hal Pink
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Nationality
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Australian
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Single or Serialised
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Single
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First Published Date of Last Installment
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1934-10-31
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Year For Sorting
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1934
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Date Range
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1934-10-31-1934-10-31
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Number of Installments
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1
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Complete or Supplemented
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Complete
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Length
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Short Story
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Links to Trove
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146163478
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Newspaper Publisher Citation
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The Australian Worker
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Newspaper Name Location Years
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The Australian Worker Sydney NSW 1913-1950
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Location Town City
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Sydney
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Location State Territory
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NSW
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Provincial or Metro
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Metropolitan
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Also Published in
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Daily Standard Brisbane Qld
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The Voice Hobart Tas
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Language
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English
