Title: A Martian Oddity

Title: A Martian Oddity Title Record # 78470
Author: Forrest J. Ackerman
Date: 1950-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in Marvel Science Stories, November 1950; also published as Behind the Ate Ball.

Synopsis: The first human to reach Mars is invited to dinner by a Martian family anxious to make him feel at home.

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Year	Title
1950	A Martian Oddity [as by Weaver Wright]
1950	Behind the Ate Ball: A Martian Oddity [as by uncredited]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Marvel Science Stories, November 1950	1950-11-00	ed. Robert O. Erisman	Stadium Publishing Corporation		$0.25^?$: US dollar	132	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Norman Saunders
Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J. Ackerman & Friends	1969-04-00	Forrest J. Ackerman	Powell	PP 142	$0.95^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Bill Hughes
Perry Rhodan #17: The Venus Trap	1972-09-00	ed. Forrest J. Ackerman, Frederik Pohl	Ace Books	65987	$0.75^?$: US dollar	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	mag	Gray Morrow
Skyworlds, Aug 1978	1978-08-00	ed. uncredited	Humorama, Inc.		$0.75^?$: US dollar	84	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing, Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts	1997-04-00	ed. Forrest J. Ackerman	General Publishing Group	1-57544-056-3	$12.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 304	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Kurt Wahlner
Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts, Millennium Edition	2000-09-00	ed. Forrest J. Ackerman	Sense of Wonder Press	0-918736-25-0	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 302	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Anton Brzezinski
Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends PLUS	2002-05-00	Forrest J. Ackerman	Sense of Wonder Press	0-918736-26-9	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 205	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Neil Austin

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