Visions of Mars

Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science

By: Eric S. Rabkin (Editor), George Slusser (Editor)

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Hardcover | 28 February 2011

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224 Pages

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25.4 x 17.78 x 1.19

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Seventeen wide-ranging essays explore the evolving scientific understanding of Mars, and the relationship between that understanding and the role of Mars in literature, the arts and popular culture. Essays in the first section examine different approaches to Mars by scientists and writers Jules Verne and J.H. Rosny. Section Two covers the uses of Mars in early Bolshevik literature, Wells, Brackett, Burroughs, Bradbury, Heinlein, Dick and Robinson, among others. The third section looks at Mars as a cultural mirror in science fiction. Essayists include prominent writers (e.g., Kim Stanley Robinson), scientists and literary critics from many nations.

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"most readers will find deeper meanings and new perspectives to add to what they have enjoyed in the Martian science fiction sub-genre, and will be inspired to ponder the possibility of someday visiting the red planet themselves"-Rain Taxi; "this collection is much more accessible than most and rarely resorts to jargon, which is a definite plus...most of the discussions to be quite intelligent and even enlightening"-Critical Mass; "an informative and eminently readable book...essential...needs to be on library shelves "-Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.

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