“The Full Story of the Firstborn Assault on Mars” by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke (2008)

Thanks to a post at the blog Free SF Reader, we just read “The Full Story of the Firstborn Assault on Mars,” a piece of short fiction by Stephen Baxter and the late Arthur C. Clarke.

Posted on Baxter’s website, “This short fiction, expanded from the account in our novel Firstborn (Feb. 2008, with Sir Arthur C. Clarke), is exclusive to this website.”

Although we’ve never read their novel Firstborn, as a stand-alone piece of short fiction that’s less than five pages,“The Full Story of the Firstborn Assault on Mars” is not bad. Blue Tyson of Free SF Reader rates it a 4 out of 5.

Enjoy the full story!