Series: Misc
Genre: SF
ISBN: 044229843Z
Publisher: Ace Science Fiction
Reader Rating: Not rated
Genre: SF
ISBN: 044229843Z
Publisher: Ace Science Fiction
Reader Rating: Not rated
Description: Here is a new, hardcover edition of the literary masterpiece that will forever be considered a pinnacle of human endeavor. The Little Green Meanies From Mars is the unforgettable story of the boy Ernie Bottkins, whose warnings of strange little green martians in his suburban neighborhood are foolishly ignored by those around him. His plight, which leaves the planet's fate in his tiny, chocolate-covered hands alone, is eloquently rendered in unmatched prose, so that it becomes a universal call to us all that yes, the aliens are coming. They are little and green, and they are coming from Mars to enslave us all.
A shockingly powerful mix of adventure and nostalgia, xenophobia and vaguely fascist philosophy, The Little Green Meanies from Mars was awarded the final Galaxia Award, science fiction's highest honor, which was promptly retired afterwards, since no book could ever match Berks' magnum opus. Mr. Berks never wrote anything remotely as good again, but luckily his many deeply flawed and sometimes nonsensical follow-ups still sell briskly on the strength of his name alone, making his retirement ten years ago a deep loss for his publisher.
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