Re:Where did all the starships go?
by tialaramex on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @05:52AM
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Generally in SF genre fiction "Martian" means a space alien, a being native to the planet Mars e.g. the antagonists in "War of the Worlds" are Martians.
However the word can also mean, and does in the case of the novel, a person who merely lives on the planet Mars, as Mark Wayney does.
However the word can also mean, and does in the case of the novel, a person who merely lives on the planet Mars, as Mark Wayney does.