![]() ![]() Their home is on the Mars prairie and they are pioneers who scratch a living on its surface, occasionally visiting the local town for supplies. There are huge influences and he shows a great imagination in drawing elements together.Īt the opening of the novel, Lora lives with her family, including Ma and Pa, Grandma with her cybernetic eye and leg, two siblings and a sentient servant bot known as Toaster who is actually a converted sunbed. I can see the comparison but Paul Magrs has come up with a complete world that references far beyond that to include Jules Verne, HG Wells, steampunk and even ‘Lost In Space’. This has already been compared to ‘Little House On The Prairie’, a book that formed part of my own literary upbringing. A family of settlers on Mars with limited technology and no Facebook is presumably a teen nightmare before you even start. For the young adults or teenager, as they are often referred to, this is something they know all about as their size outgrows rapidly the brains they need to apply at everything life throws at them. This is not just a YA novel but an existential exploration of being a stranger in a strange land. ![]() ![]() ‘Lost On Mars’, at once a play on Paul Magrs own name as Mars and also playing on our fears and beliefs that make us human. ![]()
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