Author Heaven
by Dylan
(Chicago, Illinois, USA)
After digging though my copy of "The Martian Chronicles", I found that the story you mentioned in your diary is "The Exiles"! I believe it was originally titled "The Mad Wizards of Mars", a very Burroughsian title.
Also, I've been enjoying Man of the World! Any word on a publication date?
{reply from Zendexor: Many thanks for the reference. It surprises me that the tale was in "The Martian Chronicles"; it never occurred to me to look for it there - the tale seemed more like a standalone one-off.
"Man of the World", I'm told, is coming out in "a month or two". I am promised four more (not three more, as I previously thought) chapters to put on the site, to reach a natural break in the story, after which, we will have to buy the book to find out what happens. Cunning policy.
I can see the connection with Earth building up, very indirectly, and I hope the outcome vindicates my decision to include the book in the genre of works discussed on the site - though this is somewhat of an act of faith! And an act of hope, that by supporting the author in this way-out venture we'll afterwards get a more mainstream OSS book in the form of a sequel to "Uranian Gleams".}