An edition of The road to Mars (1999)

The road to Mars

a post-modem novel

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An edition of The road to Mars (1999)

The road to Mars

a post-modem novel

1st ed.
  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 11 Want to read
  • 3 Have read

"Carlton is an android (a 4.5 Bowie Artificial Intelligence Robot) who works for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. His problem is that although as a computer he cannot understand irony, he is attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution and whether it can ever be cured.

And he is also studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene."--BOOK JACKET. "In the meantime, while auditioning for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently offend the fabulous diva Brenda Woolley and become involved in a terrorist plot against Mars, the home of Showbiz."--BOOK JACKET.

"Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, help them overcome the love thing, and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe?"--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Language
English
Pages
309

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Road to Mars
2000, Pan Macmillan
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The Road to Mars
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Sep 03, 2000, Pan MacMillan
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The Road to Mars
August 12, 1999, Soundelux Audio Publishing
Audio Cassette in English - Abridged edition
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The road to Mars: a post-modem novel
1999, Pantheon Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The road to Mars
The road to Mars: a post-modem novel
1999, Boxtree
in English

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Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6059.D4 R63 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
309 p. ;
Number of pages
309

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35343M
Internet Archive
roadtomarspost00idle
ISBN 10
037540340X
LCCN
99020073
OCLC/WorldCat
40857076
Library Thing
2105562
Goodreads
803162

Work Description

On a tour of planets in the 24th century, two comedians are caught in a terrorist plot to sabotage a spaceship. They are rescued by their robot, the third member of their act.

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