"Falling onto Mars" is a science fiction short story by Geoffrey A. Landis, published in 2002. It won the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[1]
Plot summary
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.
References
- ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Archived 2008-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Falling onto Mars title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database