"...All are important indications one has come down with Amazonication.

I, of course, suppose myself a severe victim of the terrible affliction for years. But no matter how long I’ve been carrying this disease, or how good my ability to assimilate culture and adapt to my surroundings are, I could never become a local Amazonian. I’ve tried, they won’t let me. It’s a tight clique.

But just because I don’t qualify for membership in their cosmo club it doesn’t mean that I can’t still take my position in the race for the Martian Dream. There’s a slot reserved for anyone daring enough to try to find a new life on Mars. ..."

Episode 11 of the Interplanetary Podcast
Featuring Chapters 24, 25 and 26 of Audio Book, read by Kyle O Street
http://istherelifeonmars.com/2015/12/10/just-like-old-mars-and-the-thing-with-amazonians/
From Is There Life on Mars?

Photography, Words and Music created by Kyle O Street ©2007-’15 All Rights Reserved
Music features audio samples collected by NASA

INTERPLANETARY PODCAST EP 11 - The Thing with Amazonians

Is There Life on Mars?