| Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars | |
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Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | William Morrison |
| Cover artist | Ric Binkley |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
| Publication date | 1954 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 191 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC Number | 5304913 |
Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars is a science fiction novel by William Morrison (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson). It was released in 1954 by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies.
The novel concerns the adventures of a boy and his sapient dog as they join a Martian circus.
Anthony Boucher praised the novel as "the most enjoyable non-Heinlein s.f. for the young" in several years, describing "Morrison's" writing as "easy, lively, humorous and charming."[1]