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"Falling onto Mars"
Short storybyGeoffrey A. Landis
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inAnalog Science Fiction and Fact
Publication typePeriodical
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateJuly/August 2002

"Falling onto Mars" is a science fiction short storybyGeoffrey A. Landis, published in 2002. It won the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[1]

Plot summary

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The story is told from the point of view of a great-great-grandchild of a prisoner exiled to Mars. The narrator gives a brief history of how prisoners came to be sent to Mars in the first place, and then tells the story of Jared Vargas and his wife Kayla.

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