A Martian Odyssey

Stanley G. Weinbaum.
1934 sci-fi short story, the first and apparently best known of its author. Available online.
==Length==
29.1 standard pages56067 characters long, according to Notepad++ using the online version..
==First read (April 4th 2013)==
===Format===
As part of my paperback The Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
===Journal===
Read it in Florida on our family holiday, on the 4th of April 2013.
I said of it at the time: "Cute, but strangely pointless" and gave it a 0, but reading its Wikipedia page it got a lot of praise, was apparently the first time anyone had developed aliens in an interesting way for their own sake, and given that it's from 1934 I was maybe a bit harsh :P
===Rating===
0
==Ratings, awards, mentions and recommendations==
Number 2 short story in the Science Fiction Writers of America's 1964 poll.
=Links and references=
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