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Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet
| Alternate Title: | Lost Mars: Stories from the Golden Age of the Red Planet |
| Author: | Mike Ashley |
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British Library, 2018 |
| Series: | British Library Science Fiction Classics: Book 1 |
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1. Lost Mars |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
These ten short stories from the golden age of science fiction feature classic SF writers including H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as lesser-known writers from the genre. An antique shop owner gets a glimpse of the red planet through an intriguing artefact. A Martian's wife contemplates the possibility of life on Earth. A resident of Venus describes his travels across the two alien planets. From an arid desert to an advanced society far superior to that of Earth, portrayals of Mars have differed radically in their attempt to uncover the truth about our neighbouring planet. Since the 1880s, writers of science fiction have delighted in speculating on what life on Mars might look like and what might happen should we make contact with the planet's inhabitants. In these stories, they reveal much about how we understand our place in the universe.
Contents:
- A Martian Odyssey - [Tweel - 1] - (1934) - novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
- The Time-Tombs - (1963) - novelette by J. G. Ballard
- The Crystal Egg - (1897) - short story by H. G. Wells
- Crucifixus Etiam - (1953) - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- Ylla - [The Martian Chronicles] - (1950) - short story by Ray Bradbury
- Without Bugles - (1952) - short story by E. C. Tubb
- The Forgotten Man of Space - (1933) - short story by P. Schuyler Miller
- The Great Sacrifice - (1903) - short story by Geo. C. Wallis [as by George C. Wallis]
- Measureless to Man - (1962) - novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley (variant of The Dark Intruder)
- Letters from Mars - [Letters from the Planets - 2] - short story by W. S. Lach-Szyrma (variant of Letters from the Planets: Letter the Second 1887)
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