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In 1952 the technical appendix to "Marsprojekt", which contained projected specifications for the novel's expedition to Mars, was published by West German publisher Umschau Verlag as Das Marsprojekt; the University of Illinois Press brought out the English translation of it the following year, giving it the same title as the full novel, The ...
Jamie Fox Waterman - mission director, geologist. He is the main character of the "Mars" novels by Ben Bova, drives the discovery of microbial life on Mars, as well as of a distant cliff dwelling. Waterman seems to have a connection to Mars, as connections between his Navajo beliefs and the Red Planet become entangled.
The three novels are Red Mars (1992), Green Mars (1993), and Blue Mars (1996). The Martians (1999) is a collection of short stories set in the same fictional universe. Red Mars won the BSFA Award in 1992 and Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1993. Green Mars won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1994.
Return from the Stars (1961) – science fiction novel. An astronaut returns to Earth after a 127-year long mission. Translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980) Solaris (1961) – science fiction novel. The crew of a remote space station is strangely influenced by the living ocean occupying a ...
"The Part of Us That Loves" (in Remaking History) Originally published in Full Spectrum 2, 1989, ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout, Pat LoBrutto, ISBN 0-385-26019-9. "The Return from Rainbow Bridge" (in Remaking History) Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1987.
Martian Time-Slip is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.The novel uses the common science fiction concept of a human colony on Mars.However, it also includes the themes of mental illness, the physics of time and the dangers of centralized authority.
The Man from Mars; Man Plus; The Man Who Loved Mars; Maria Looney on the Red Planet; Marooned on Mars; Mars Crossing; Mars Life; Mars Plus; Mars trilogy; The Martian (Weir novel) The Martian Chronicles; The Martian Sphinx; Martian Time-Slip; Martians, Go Home; Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars; Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars; Mission to Mars ...
The mission plan is based on the Mars Direct concept, where fuel is manufactured from the Martian atmosphere; the Brazilian Mars expedition selected a polar landing. The book was released by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan USA, as a hardcover in December 2000, with the Science Fiction Book Club edition published in 2001.