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

George Edgar Slusser

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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 , scientists and literary critics from many nations.

Language: English

Pages: 222

Format: Paperback

Publisher: McFarland & Company

Release: February 14, 2011

ISBN: 078645914X

ISBN 13: 9780786459148

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

George Edgar Slusser

3/5 ( ratings)

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 , scientists and literary critics from many nations.

Language: English

Pages: 222

Format: Paperback

Publisher: McFarland & Company

Release: February 14, 2011

ISBN: 078645914X

ISBN 13: 9780786459148

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