Mars in the Mind of Earth: Novels

Author	Title	Publisher	Year Published	Notes
Anderson, Kevin J.	War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches.	New York: Bantam / Spectra	1996	274 pgs. 1st ed. Engaging anthology of mostly original short stories, a number of which appeared in the January 1996 issue of Asimov’s. Stories of Well’s Martian Invasion, many concerning or through the eyes of famous people from the late 19th century. includes the stories: "The Roosevelt Dispatches" Mike Resnick, "Canals in the Sand" Kevin J. Anderson "Foreign Devils" Walter Jon Williams, "Blue Period" Daniel Marcus, "The Martian Invasion Journals of Henry james" Robert Silverberg, "The True Tale of the Final Battle of Umslopogaas the Zulu" Janet Berliner, "Night of the Cooters" Howard Waldrop "Determinism and the Martian War, with Relativistic Corrections" Doug Beason, "Soldier of the Queen" Barbara Hambly, "Mars: the Home Front" George Alec Effinger "A Letter from St. Louis" Allen Steele, "Resurrection" Mark W. Tiedemann, "Paris Conquers All" Gregory Benford and David Brin, "To Mars and Providence" Don Webb, "Roughing It During the Martian Invasion" Daniel Keys Moran and Jodi Moran, "To See the World End" M. Shayne Bell, "After a Lean Winter" Dave Wolverton, "The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: a Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickenson's Poems: a Wellsian Perspective" Connie Willis, and "Afterword: Retrospective" Gregory Benford and David Brin.
Anderson, Kevin J.	War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches.	New York: Bantam	1997	1st paperback edition. Engaging anthology of mostly original short stories, a number of which appeared in the January 1996 issue of Asimov’s. Stories of Well’s Martian Invasion, many concerning or through the eyes of famous people from the late 19th century. includes the stories: "The Roosevelt Dispatches" Mike Resnick, "Canals in the Sand" Kevin J. Anderson "Foreign Devils" Walter Jon Williams, "Blue Period" Daniel Marcus, "The Martian Invasion Journals of Henry james" Robert Silverberg, "The True Tale of the Final Battle of Umslopogaas the Zulu" Janet Berliner, "Night of the Cooters" Howard Waldrop "Determinism and the Martian War, with Relativistic Corrections" Doug Beason, "Soldier of the Queen" Barbara Hambly, "Mars: the Home Front" George Alec Effinger "A Letter from St. Louis" Allen Steele, "Resurrection" Mark W. Tiedemann, "Paris Conquers All" Gregory Benford and David Brin, "To Mars and Providence" Don Webb, "Roughing It During the Martian Invasion" Daniel Keys Moran and Jodi Moran, "To See the World End" M. Shayne Bell, "After a Lean Winter" Dave Wolverton, "The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: a Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickenson's Poems: a Wellsian Perspective" Connie Willis, and "Afterword: Retrospective" Gregory Benford and David Brin.
Anderson, Poul.	The War of Two Worlds.	New York: Ace	1959	1st edition. 108 p. Ace paperback original. Ace Double D-335 with Threshold of Infinity by John Brunner.
Anderson, Poul.	The War of Two Worlds.	London: Dennis Dobson	1970	1st UK edition. Also only hardcover edition.
Archer, Nathan (pseud. of Lawrence Watt-Evans)	Martian Deathtrap.	New York: Del Rey	1996	1st edition, hardback. 243 p. Illustrated by Ken steacy. A "Mars Attacks" Novel.
Archer, Nathan (pseud. of Lawrence Watt-Evans)	Martian Deathtrap.	New York: Del Rey	1996	Paperback. Illustrated by Ken steacy. A "Mars Attacks" Novel.
Brown, Fredric.	Martians, Go Home!	New York: Dutton	1955	1st edition. A comedy, and much expanded version of his 1954 short story of the same name.
Brown, Fredric.	Martians, Go Home!	New York: Bantam	1956	1st paperback edition. bantam A1546. A comedy, and much expanded version of his 1954 short story of the same name.
Brown, Fredric.	Martians, Go Home!	New York: Ballantine/Del Rey	1976	Ballantine paperback #25314. A comedy, and much expanded version of his 1954 short story of the same name.
Brown, Fredric.	Martians, Go Home!	London: Grafton	1987	Paperback. A comedy, and much expanded version of his 1954 short story of the same name.
Brown, Fredric.	Martians, Go Home!	New York: Baen	1992	Paperback. Baen 72120. Cover art by Kelly Freas. A comedy, and much expanded version of his 1954 short story of the same name.
Brown, Fredric.	Martians, Go Home!	?: Pocket	1992	Paperback. A comedy, and much expanded version of his 1954 short story of the same name.
Disch, Thomas M.	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.	New York: Doubleday	1988	1st edition, hardcover. 2nd in the Brave Little Toaster Series. The animated appliances go to mars, where they find a whole civlization of discarded appliances, ready to go back to Earth as conquers.
Fontes, Ron and Justine Korman.	Mars Attacks!	Mahwah, NJ: Troll Communiucations	1996	Adaptation for juveniles from the novel by Jonathan Gems.
Gems, Jonathan.	Mars Attacks!	New York: Signet	1996	1st edition, paperback. Novel based on author's screenplay, which in turn was based on a set of bubble gum cards in the 50's.
Hamilton, Virginia.	Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed.	New York: Greenwillow Press	1983	1st edition, hardcover. 208 p. Set on a small farm in Ohio in October 1938, this tells of an African-American family who get caught up in the famous Orson Wells "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
Hamilton, Virginia.	Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed.	New York: Aladdin	1989	Paperback. Set on a small farm in Ohio in October 1938, this tells of an African-American family who get caught up in the famous Orson Wells "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
Lasswitz, Kurd.	Auf zwei Planeten. (Two Planets).	Leipzig: Verlag B. Elischer Nachfolger	1897	1st edition, hardcover. 545 p. Published in two volumes. Perhaps the most famous German novel about Mars. All subsequent editions of this work appear to be abridged.
Lasswitz, Kurd. Abridged by Erich Lasswitz.	Auf Zwei Planeten (Two Planets).	Donauwurth: Verlag Cassianeum	1948	Hardcover. Reprint of an 1897 work. 326 p. Perhaps the most famous German novel about Mars.
Lasswitz, Kurd. Abridged by Erich Lasswitz; ed. by Bruckhardt Kiegland and Martin Molitor.	Auf Zwei Planeten (Two Planets).	Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Heinrich Scheffler	1969	Pperback? . Reprint of an 1897 work. 350 p. Perhaps the most famous German novel about Mars.
Lasswitz, Kurd. Abridged by Erich Lasswitz. Translated by Hans Rudnick. Epigraph by Werner von Braun.	Two Planets (Auf Zwei Planeten).	Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press	1971	1st US edition, hardcover. 405 pgs. Perhaps the most famous German novel about Mars.
Lasswitz, Kurd. Abridged by Erich Lasswitz, translated by Hans Rudnick. Afterword by Mark R. Hillegas.	Two Planets (Auf Zwei Planeten).	New York: Popular Library	1972	Paperback. 383 pgs. Perhaps the most famous German novel about Mars. A paperback versionof the Southern Illinois Univ. Press edition.
Sarrantonio, Al	Exile: Five Worlds #1	New York: ROC	1996	1st edition, paperback. 317 p. A Martian despot begins an Interplantary war.
Smith, George H.	The Second War of the Worlds.	New York: DAW	1976	1st edition, paperback. The Martians are back, prepared for bacteria and with human allies.
Strugatsky, Arkady and Boris [Strugatski]. introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. translated by Gary Kern.	Second Invasion From Mars	New York: Collier	1979	1st edition, trade paperback. "New Science Fiction from Russia". Published with Far Rainbow. First published in 1968. Martians take over the Earth as purchasing agents after thir Wellsian invasion failure.
Wells, H.G.	War of the Worlds.	London: Heinemann	1898	1st edition, hardcover. Original state has 16 p. of ads at end. Originally published in the British magazine Pearsons, April - December, 1897 and the American magazine Cosmopolitan, January - December, 1897. One of the foundations of Martian science fiction.
Wells, H.G.	War of the Worlds.	New York: Harper	1898	1st US edition, hardcover. Published after the British edition. Originally published in the British magazine Pearsons, April - December, 1897 and the American magazine Cosmopolitan, April - December, 1897. One of the foundations of Martian science fiction.
Wells, H.G., with Introduction and Notes David Y. Hughes and Harry M. Geduld.	A Critical Edition of War of the Worlds: H.G. Wells's Scientiic Romance.	Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press	1993	Hardcover. Extensive notes, comments, and appendices relating to the novel. Originally published in the British magazine Pearsons, April - December, 1897 and the American magazine Cosmopolitan, January - December, 1897. One of the foundations of Martian science fiction.
Winsor, G. McLeod.	Station X.	London: Jenkins	1919	1st edition, hardcover. Author's first novel. Earthlings and Venusians fight off a psychic Martian invasion. Here, the real evil-doers are actually from the Moon, but took over the Martians psychically eons before.
Winsor, G. McLeod.	Station X.	Philadelphia: Lippincott	1919	1st US edition, hardcover. Author's first novel. Earthlings and Venusians fight off a psychic Martian invasion. Here, the real evil-doers are actually from the Moon, but took over the Martians psychically eons before.
Winsor, G. McLeod. introduction by Richard Gid Powers.	Station X.	Boston: Gregg Press	1975	Hardcover. Reprint of 1910 novel. Author's first novel. Earthlings and Venusians fight off a psychic Martian invasion. Here, the real evil-doers are actually from the Moon, but took over the Martians psychically eons before.