
Transcriber's Note:
Two veteran muckrakers swap the back alleys of Earth for Mars’s scarlet streets, notebook in hand and a taste for trouble. Their landing at the Martian National Airport reveals a planet rife with crime syndicates, smoky gambling dens, and a complacent bureaucracy. The prose crackles with pulp‑era urgency, exposing a Red Planet that feels like a distant version of Earth’s own underworld.
Guided through glittering canals, shadowy catacombs, and illegal strip clubs, the reporters lay bare a society where the Mafia runs the show and officials turn a blind eye. Their commentary is razor‑sharp and wry, reminding listeners that greed and vice know no planetary borders. The result is a rollicking, satirical tour that’s as entertaining as it is oddly familiar.
Language
en
Duration
~34 minutes (32K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-02-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1907–1999
A lively mid-century storyteller, he moved easily from pulp magazines to sharp mystery novels and Hollywood scripts. Best known for the Paul Pine books and his work editing science fiction magazines, he built a career across several corners of popular fiction.
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