How We Went to Mars


"How We Went to Mars" is a humorous short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was first published in March 1938, in the third and final issue of Amateur Science Stories maganize. It follows a group of British rocket scientists who travel to Mars and their interactions with Martian society. It was awarded the 1939 Retro Hugo at 72nd [World Science Fiction Convention|Loncon 3] in 2014.
The short story was published in Czech in the collection "Direction of Time" translated by Petr Caha.