"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 ''Amateur Science Stories'' was a short-lived (three issues) science fiction fanzine notable for publishing Arthur C. Clarke's first stories, including " Travel by Wire!", "Retreat from Earth" and "How We Went to Mars". The latter story won the 1 ...

'' maganize. It follows a group of British rocket scientists who travel to

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...

and their interactions with Martian society. It was awarded the 1939 Retro Hugo at

Loncon 3 The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Loncon 3, was held on 14–18 August 2014 at the ExCeL London in London, United Kingdom. The convention committee was co-chaired by Alice Lawson and Steve Cooper and organize ...

in 2014. The short story was published in Czech in the collection Direction of Time (Polaris, 2002)CLARKE, Arthur Charles. ''Směr času''. Frenštát pod Radhoštěm: Polaris, 2002. ISBN 80-7332-002-9. Kapitola Obsah, s. 349. translated by Petr Caha.

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* Short stories by Arthur C. Clarke 1938 short stories Fiction set in 1952 Short stories set on Mars Works originally published in Amateur Science Stories {{1930s-sf-story-stub