A Trip to Mars story
Captain Avanti Planetaros leads an expedition to the planet Mars where he and his fellow companions encounter a highly advanced civilization of pacifist vegetarian Martians.
19 total · 9 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| civilization vs. savagery | major | Avanti Planetaros and his expedition party (and Earthling by extension) were seen as primitive and violent savages by the comparatively highly advanced Martian civilization they encountered on Mars. |
| infatuation | major | Avanti Planetaros falls in love with Martian Leader's Daughter |
| interplanetary space travel | major | Avanti Planetaros led an expedition to Mars in the good ship Excelsior. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | expedition encounter Martian civilization on Mars |
| seeing the error of one's ways | major | Avanti Planetaros see how he and his fellow expedition companions were a bunch of violent savages after completing the Martian atonement ritual |
| space exploration | major | Professor Planetaros and Avanti Planetaros were driven by a desire to explore outer space and cited Columbus as an inspiration |
| speculative spaceship | major | Professor Planetaros and Avanti Planetaros design and build a spaceship over the space of two years |
| transnational institution for peace | major | Avanti Planetaros leads and expedition to Mars where he encounters a highly advanced civilization of pacifist vegetarian Martians. Avanti returns to Earth with a message to his fellow Earthlings that world peace can be achieved. |
| utopia | major | Matrians built a veritable utopia where everyone lives in peace and harmony without and apparently dystopian undercurrents |
| brother and sister | minor | Avanti's sister Corona worried that Avanti had died on dangerous voyage to Mars. |