051 - Robert Coover - Invasion of the Martians (2016)

Short science fiction review

English - October 17, 2016 10:05 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MB - ★★★ - 1 rating
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Robert Coover's short story Invasion of the Martians was first published in the September 2016 issue of the New Yorker magazine.

Invasion of the Martians is a comic satire that uses the tropes of science fiction B-movies to comment on American political culture in 2016.

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