Stowaway to Mars

By: John Wyndham

Narrated by: Olivia Dowd

Aircraft designer Dale Currance undertakes a journey to Mars in an effort to capture the prize being offered to the first man to complete an interplanetary journey, but a female stowaway throws his plans into disarray.

An international prize of one billion has been offered to the first man to complete an interplanetary trip, and Dale Curtance, a millionaire adventurer, emerges as the British entrant. With a hand-picked crew, he blasted off from Salisbury Plain in the spaceship Gloria Mundi, destination—the planet Mars. Once free of Earth's atmosphere, they discover a stowaway—a woman. Her extraordinary story helps them prepare for the dangers they encounter on the Red Planet, and the fantastic world that exists there.

©1935 John Wyndham (P)2022 Audible, Ltd

Great older novel...

A nice simple straightforward story about visiting Mars. It's dated, but still an enjoyable listen.

Highly imaginative with Wyndham’s usual social commentary.

Feels like tech has caught up with this book in its discussion of robot sentience. I like the choice of a woman’s voice as reader. Some dated notions about women.

A brilliant philosophical classic

A classic science fiction story, this would make an excellent miniseries, if only it could be done correctly. Unfortunately, the likelihood of any television production to avoid completely ruining it…