Mensen martianen en machines

The people of the Solar System have broken the light-speed barrier, and exploration ships are going out in all directions, manned by - you guessed it! - Men, Martians, and Machines (Robots). This set of linked stories describes a part of the epic voyage of the Marathon , powered by the Flettner Drive, seeking new worlds for humanity to spread onto. One planet is inhabited by only machines, survivors perhaps of a civilization in which the machine-makers had perished. Another contains a race of master hypnotists, who make the crew see only what they wish to see! Included is the classic, oft-anthologized novella Jay Score.

"One of my own all-time favorites, is Men, Martians and Machines ... I re-read this one at least once a year, with as much delight and amusement as I got from it the first time."

- Bud Webster

"A rousing inventive space adventure; and the first story remains a technical marvel. I know of few surprise-ending stories in any category that are so rereadable and so absolutely fair - and what other trick short ever had enough un-tricky meat to it to serve as the foundation for a series?" - Anthony Boucher in the Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction

"A substantial space opera." - Galaxy

"Good fun to read, an old and popular formula, happily applied."

- P. Schuyler Miller in Astounding