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"Mars is Heaven!"
Author Ray Bradbury
Country USA
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction short story
Media type Print (Magazine)
Publication date 1948

"Mars is Heaven!" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury originally published in 1948. "Mars is Heaven!" was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one the best science fiction short stories of all time. As such, it was published in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964. It also appears as the sixth chapter of The Martian Chronicles, entitled "The Third Expedition."

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