The Worst Man on Mars by Mark Roman &
Corben Duke
Winner of our Captivating
Opening Contest, The Worst Man on Mars,
had me in stitches (the nice kind) when I followed its madcap journey to “insanity
and beyond.”
Fans of Douglas Adams,
Tom Sharpe, Monty Python, and Taylor Swift (I expect) will relish experiencing
the inevitable train-wreck-in-progress as it unfolds - in glorious, Yorkshire, Tek-no-color™
The Blurb:
“Funny and silly and wicked by turns.”
Hero. Legend. Role model. He is none of those.
Blunt Yorkshireman and
reality TV show winner, Flint Dugdale, has used his large frame and ‘persuasive
personality’ to take charge of Britain’s first mission to Mars. Little does he
know there’s life on the Red Planet. And it might not be pleased to see him.
The Authors:
Corben Duke:
Born in a Yorkshire cave
after his mother became stuck during a pot-holing holiday, Corben Duke was left
behind and raised by bats. Later he became a shack-dweller on Doom Beach,
Bernard Island in the Outer Hebrides where he now lives with his wife Mrs. Duke
and his two dogs, Crusher and Mr Fluffy.
Three years ago he found
scientist Mark Roman wandering along his beach collecting and cataloguing
brightly colored pebbles. In return for a cup of hot seaweed tea, Mark gave him
a copy of a fascinating book he had written speculating about the various rocks
that might be found on Mars. Before burning it on the campfire for extra warmth
(it’s cold on Bernard Island) he thought he’d better read it, and boy, was he
glad he did. It reminded him of the story his great grandfather used to tell
him about when he was a rocket scientist after WWII. Gramps claimed that a
colleague had made a discovery enabling him to make the trip to Mars long
before it became fashionable.
As a young man Corben
thought Grandpa Helmut was as crazy as a coconut which, in fact, he was. But
Mark Roman’s book got him thinking about that old yarn and he decided to
contact him with the idea of co-writing a story inspired by his great
grandfather’s claim and Mark’s rock obsession. The Worst Man on Mars is that story.
Mark Roman:
Mark Roman has, in fact,
never been to the Outer Hebrides, and never written a book about Martian rocks.
Nor, indeed, has he ever met Corben Duke. He is a respectable (well, fairly
respectable) scientist living in London with his wife and two teenage children.
His first contact with
Corben was when a raving, rambling e-mail plopped into his inbox. A polite
response was rapidly followed by an even more off-beat message.
Quickly realizing the man
to be delusional, and quite possibly dangerous, Mark started deleting the
e-mails unread. But this was not a socially responsible way of dealing with the
issue.
Taking note of the
creative potential in the ramblings, he reasoned that maybe a solution to the
problem might be a course of occupational therapy; to harness Corben’s random
mental outpourings and channel them into the writing of a science fiction
comedy and the drawing of its map and 70 chapter illustrations. The result was The Worst Man on Mars.
It is too early to say
whether the therapy has achieved its desired effect, for the raving e-mails
continue...
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