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Visions of Mars: Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science

By George Slusser , Eric S. Rabkin , George Edgar Slusser , Howard V. Hendrix

Book information

Publisher
McFarland
Year
2011
ISBN
078645914X, 9780786459148
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1111876 bytes)
Pages
216\223
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-04-29 20:30:18

Description

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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