Mars Probes Author:Peter Crowther (Editor) Mars has been a seminal setting for countless science fiction adventures-from the worship of Mars as the god of war, to the image of the "angry red planet", the invaders from The War of the Worlds, the mysterious "canals" of Mars, the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels set on Mars, innumerable science fiction movies set on Mars... more » or featuring Martians who come to Earth, and of course, Ray Bradbury's classic The Martian Chronicles.
This fine volume contains seventeen imagination-grabbing tales ranging from the incredible discovery made by a native Martian species which may change the entire course of their future... to a reporter hunting down the crew of the very first mission to land on Mars...to a "rescue" mission to recover an astronaut "kidnapped" by Martians... to a Ray Bradbury Mars story never before published in the United States.
Contents:
Introduction: The Fascination of Mars (Mars Probes) (2002) • essay by Patrick Moore
The Love Affair (1982) / short story by Ray Bradbury
Myths of the Martian Future (2002) / short story by Eric Brown
A Martian Theodicy (2002) / short story by Paul Di Filippo
The Real Story (2002) / novelette by Alastair Reynolds
Flower Children of Mars (2002) / short story by Mike Resnick and M. Shayne Bell
Out of the Blue, Into the Red (2002) / short story by James Lovegrove
Mom, the Martians, and Me (2002) / short story by Scott Edelman
The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars (2002) / novelette by Ian McDonald
A Walk Across Mars (2002) / novelette by Allen Steele
Martian Autumn (2002) / short story by Stephen Baxter
Shields of Mars (2002) / short story by Gene Wolfe
Under Mars (2002) / short story by Paul J. McAuley
The War of the Worldviews (2002) / short story by James Morrow
Near Earth Object (2002) / short story by Brian W. Aldiss
The Me After the Rock (2002) / short story by Patrick O'Leary
Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel (2002) / novelette by Michael Moorcock
Author Biographies (Mars Probes) (2002) / essay by editor