| Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Year
Published |
Notes |
| Babcock,
George. |
Yezad:
A Romance of the Unknown. |
Bridgeport,
CT: Cooperative Publishing Co. |
1922 |
1st
edition. 462 p. A flight Mars with a spiritualist bent. |
| Baxter,
Stephen. |
Voyage. |
London:
HarperCollins |
1996 |
1st
UK edition. An extrapolation, looking at a Mars mission on the heels
of Apollo, landing in 1986. |
| Baxter,
Stephen. |
Voyage. |
New
York: Harper Prism |
1997 |
1st
US edition. An extrapolation, looking at a Mars mission on the heels
of Apollo, landing in 1986. |
| Baxter,
Stephen. |
Voyage. |
New
York: Avon Eos |
1997 |
1st
US paperback edition. An extrapolation, looking at a Mars mission
on the heels of Apollo, landing in 1986. |
| Benford,
Gregory. |
The
Martian Race. |
New
York: Warner Books |
1999 |
1st
edition, hardcover. Follows a team of astronuats put together by
an American millionaire and his backers to win a 30 billion dollar
prize for beign the first mission to go to Mars and return. Another
team is also in the running, and a moss like Martian life form complicates
things further. Better than it sounds. |
Benyon,
John (sort-of pseud. of John (Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris Wyndham).
|
Planet
Plane. |
London:
Newnes |
1935 |
1st
edition. Later published and better known as Stowaway to Mars. A
millionaire sets out to win a monetary prize for the first expedition
to reach Mars, with a surprise inside. |
| Bisson,
Terry. |
Voyage
to the Red Planet. |
New
York: William Morrow |
1990 |
1st
US edition. Comedic novel of a Mars mission using a Disney spacecraft
and funded by advertising. |
| Bisson,
Terry. |
Voyage
to the Red Planet. |
New
York: Avon |
1991 |
1st
paperback edition. Comedic novel of a Mars mission using a Disney
spacecraft and funded by advertising. |
| Bisson,
Terry. |
Voyage
to the Red Planet. |
London:
Pan |
1992 |
1st
UK paperback edition. Comedic novel of a Mars mission using a Disney
spacecraft and funded by advertising. |
| Blish,
James. |
Welcome
to Mars! |
London:
Faber & Faber |
1967 |
1st
UK edition. Anovel of a stranded young astronaut on Mars and his
rescue. |
| Blish,
James. |
Welcome
to Mars! |
London:
Children's Book Club |
1967 |
Reprint.
Anovel of a stranded young astronaut on Mars and his rescue. |
| Blish,
James. |
Welcome
to Mars! |
New
York: Putnam |
1968 |
1st
US edition. Anovel of a stranded young astronaut on Mars and his
rescue. |
| Blish,
James. |
Welcome
to Mars! |
London:
Sphere Books |
1978 |
1st
UK paperback edition. Anovel of a stranded young astronaut on Mars
and his rescue. |
| Blish,
James. |
Welcome
to Mars! |
New
York: Avon |
1983 |
1st
US paperback edition. Anovel of a stranded young astronaut on Mars
and his rescue. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Mars. |
New
York: Bantam |
1992 |
1st
US edition. 502 pgs. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Mars. |
New
York: Bantam |
1992 |
Limited
edition of 350 copies in slipcase, signed by Bova. 502 pgs. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Mars. |
New
York: Bantam |
1993 |
1st
US paperback edition. Bantam 56241. Paperback. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Mars. |
London:
Hodder and Stoughton |
1993 |
1st
UK edition, only in paperback. 496 p. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Mars. |
Munich:
Heyne |
1999 |
1st
German paperback edition. Heyne Science Fiction und Fantasy 6375.
|
| Bova,
Ben. |
Return
to Mars. |
New
York: Avon Eos |
1999 |
1st
US edition. 404 p. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Return
to Mars. |
London:
Hodder & Stoughton |
1999 |
1st
UK edition. 554 p. |
| Bova,
Ben. |
Return
to Mars. |
Norwalk,
CT: Easton Press |
1999 |
Limited
edition signed by Bova. 502 pgs. |
| Branley,
Franklyn. |
Lodestar:
Rocket Ship to Mars. |
New
York: Thomas Crowell |
1951 |
1st
edition. 248 pgs. Tells the tale of a 1971 mission to Mars. |
| Brown,
George Sheldon. |
Destination
Mars. |
London:
Edwin Self |
1951 |
1st
edition. Digest paperback. |
| Cobb,
Weldon. |
Checked
Through to Mars, or Adventures in Other Worlds. |
New
York: Street and Smith |
1909.
|
1st
edition. 32 p. Brave and Bold weekly no. 348. (May be just one installment)
|
| Cromie,
Robert. |
A
Plunge into Space. |
London:
Frederick Warne & Co. |
1890 |
1st
edition. 290 p. |
| Cromie,
Robert. |
A
Plunge into Space. |
Westport
CT: Hyperion |
1976 |
Reprint
edition. |
| Cronin,
Thomas W. |
As
It Is On Mars. |
Tharsis
Books |
2001 |
1st
edition, trade paperback. Japanese and a US/European expeditions
must pool their resources to survive after a disaster, while earth
dithers about sending a rescue mission. 1st part of a possible trilogy.
|
| Cross,
John Keir. |
SOS
from Mars. |
London:
Hutchinson |
1954 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. Later published under the title The Red Journey
Back in the US. Sequel to the Angry Planet. |
| Cross,
John Keir. |
The
Angry Planet: Authentic First-Hand Account o a Journey to Mars in
the Space Ship ALBATROSS, Compiled from Notes and Records By Various
Members of the Expedition from Manuscripts Made Available By Stephen
MacFarlane. |
London:
Peter Lunn |
1945 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. |
| Cross,
John Keir. |
The
Angry Planet: Authentic First-Hand Account o a Journey to Mars in
the Space Ship ALBATROSS, Compiled from Notes and Records By Various
Members of the Expedition from Manuscripts Made Available By Stephen
MacFarlane. |
New
York: Coward-McCann |
1945 |
1st
U.S. edition. 239 p. Illus. by Robin Jacques. |
| Cross,
John Keir. |
The
Red Journey Back. |
New
York: Coward-McCann |
1954 |
1st
U.S. edition. Illus. by Robin Jacques. 252 pgs. Published frost
in Great Britain as SOS From Mars. Sequel to the Angry Planet. |
| Crowther,
Peter editor. introduction by Patrick Moore. |
Mars
Probes. |
New
York: DAW |
2002 |
1st
edition, paperback. Contains original stories: "Love Affair"
Ray Bradbury, "Myths of the Martian Future" Eric Brown,
"A Martian Theodicy" Paul Di Filippo, "The Real Story"
Alastair Reynolds, "Flower Children of Mars" Mike Resnick
and M. Shayne Bell, "Out of the Blue" james Lovegrove,
"Mom, the Martians, and Me" Scott Edelman, "The Old
Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars" Ian McDonald,
"A Walk Across Mars" Allen Steele, "Marttian Autumn"
Stephen Baxter, "Shields of Mars" Gene Wolfe, "Under
Mars" Paul McAuley, "The War of the Worldviews" James
Morrow, "Near Earth Object" Brian Aldiss, "The Me
After the Rock" Patrick O'Leary, and "Lost Sorceress of
the Silent Citadel" Michael Moorcock. Author bios at end. An
impressive list of writers, many with previous Martian stories under
their belt. |
| Del
Rey, Lester. |
Marooned
on Mars. |
Philadelphia:
Winston |
1952 |
1st
edition. 210 p. Illustrated by Alex Schomberg. |
| Del
Rey, Lester. |
Marooned
on Mars. |
New
York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston |
1962 |
Hardcover.
|
| Del
Rey, Lester. |
Marooned
on Mars. |
New
York: Paperback Library |
1967 |
1st
paperback edition. Paperback no. 52-415. |
| Dickson,
Gordon R. |
The
Far Call. |
New
York: Dial Press |
1973 |
1st
edition, hardcover. A 6 nation effort to put an expedition on Mars
goes awry. |
| Dickson,
Gordon R. |
The
Far Call. |
London:
Sidgwick and jackson |
1978 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. A 6 nation effort to put an expedition on
Mars goes awry. |
| Dickson,
Gordon R. |
The
Far Call. |
New
York: Dell |
1978 |
1st
paperback edition. A 6 nation effort to put an expedition on Mars
goes awry. |
| Dickson,
Gordon R. |
The
Far Call. |
London:
Futura |
1978 |
1st
UK paperback edition. A 6 nation effort to put an expedition on
Mars goes awry. |
| Dickson,
Gordon R. |
The
Far Call. |
New
York: TOR |
1989 |
Paperback.
A 6 nation effort to put an expedition on Mars goes awry. |
| Eco,
Umberto. |
Il
Tre Cosmonauti (The Three Astronauts). |
MIlan:
Bompiani |
1966 |
1st
Italian edition. Illus. by Eugenio Carmi. A children's picture book
of three astronauts who visit Mars, and meet a Martian. |
| Eco,
Umberto. |
Los
Tres Astronautas (The Three Astronauts). |
Buenos
Aires, Argentina: Ediciones de la Flor |
1975 |
1st
Spanish language edition. Illus. by Juan Marchesi. A children's
picture book of three astronauts who visit Mars, and meet a Martian.
|
| Eco,
Umberto. |
Los
Trois Cosmonautes (The Three Astronauts). |
Paris:
Grasset |
1989 |
1st
French edition. Illus. by Eugenio Carmi. A children's picture book
of three astronauts who visit Mars, and meet a Martian. |
| Eco,
Umberto. translated by William Weaver. |
The
Three Astronauts. |
London:
Secker & Warburg |
1989 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. Illus. by Eugenio Carmi. A children's picture
book of three astronauts who visit mars, and meet a Martian. |
| Eco,
Umberto. translated by William Weaver. |
The
Three Astronauts. |
San
Diego: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich |
1989 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. Illus. by Eugenio Carmi. A children's picture
book of three astronauts who visit Mars, and meet a Martian. |
| Farmer,
Philip Jose. |
Jesus
on Mars. |
|
|
1st
edition, paperback. Pinnacle paperback P 40 184-1. Illus. by Paul
Stinson. 256 pgs. w/ ads at the end, including an introduction to
Dr. Who by Harlan Ellision. |
| Farmer,
Philip Jose. |
Jesus
on Mars. |
London:
Granada |
1979 |
1st
UK edition, paperback. |
| Gallun,
Raymond Z. |
Skyclimber. |
New
York: Tower Books |
1981 |
1st
edition, paperback. Set on Mars (CN). That is all I know. |
| Gantz,
Kenneth F. |
Not
in Solitude. |
New
York: Doubleday |
1959 |
1st
edition, hardcover. |
| Gantz,
Kenneth F. |
Not
in Solitude. |
New
York: Berkley Books |
1961 |
1st
paperback edition. |
| Gantz,
Kenneth F. |
Not
in Solitude. |
London:
Dennis Dobson |
1966 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. |
| Gordon,
Rex. |
First
on Mars. |
New
York: Ace |
1957 |
1st
U.S. edition, paperback. Originally published as No Man Friday in
Great Britain. Ace paperback D-233. 192 pgs. |
| Gordon,
Rex. |
No
Man Friday. |
London:
William Heinnemann |
1956 |
1st
UK edition and first hardcover edition. |
| Gordon,
Rex. |
No
Man Friday. |
London:
Corgi |
1958 |
1st
UK paperback edition. |
| Gordon,
Rex. |
No
Man Friday. |
London:
New English Library |
1977 |
UK
hardcover, seems to have been published simultaneously with the
NEL paperback. |
| Gordon,
Rex. |
No
Man Friday. |
London:
New English Library |
1977 |
UK
paperback, seems to have been published simultaneously with the
NEL hardcover. |
| Greg,
Percy. |
Across
the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record. |
London:
Trübner & Co. |
1880 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. 2 volumes. A man takes an antigravity spaceship
to mars and gets embroiled in a civil war there. |
| Greg,
Percy. |
Across
the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record. |
Hamburg:
Karl Grädener |
1880 |
1st
German edition, hardcover. 3 volumes. I do not know if this edition
was published in German or English. It is only listed in one copy,
in Starsbourg. A man takes an antigravity spaceship to mars and
gets embroiled in a civil war there. |
| Greg,
Percy. |
Across
the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record. |
New
York: Popular Library |
1978 |
1st
paperback edition. A man takes an antigravity spaceship to mars
and gets embroiled in a civil war there. |
| Greg,
Percy. introduction by Sam Moskowitz. |
Across
the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record. |
Westport,
CT: Hyperion Press |
1974 |
1st
US hardcover. A man takes an antigravity spaceship to mars and gets
embroiled in a civil war there. |
| Groom,
Pelham. |
The
Purple Twilight. |
London:
T Werner Laurie. |
1948 |
1st
edition, hardcover. A dark look at arms races. A Terran visits Mars
to look for Atlanteans. |
| Hipolato,
Jane and Willis E. McNally , editors. Introduction by Isaac Asimov.
|
Mars,
We Love You. |
New
York: Doubleday |
1971 |
1st
edition, hardcover. Published later in the UK as the Book of Mars.
Anthology consisting of:
Excerpts from A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, "A
Martian Oddessey" by Stanley Weinbaum, "The Embassy"
by Donald A. Wollheim, "Dark Mission" by Lester Del Rey,
"Lost Art" by George O. Smith, "The Cave" by
P. Schuler Miller, "Expedition" by Anthony Boucher, "Loophole"
by Arthur C. Clarke, "Catch that Martian" by Damon Knight,
"Omnilingual" by H. Beam Piper, "The Lost City of
Mars" by Ray Bradbury, "One Step From Earth" by Harry
Harrison, "Carthage: Reflections of a Martian" by Frank
Herbert , "Soft Landing" by William Fox, "Earthbound"
by Irene Moyer Jackson, "In Lonely Lands" by Harlan Ellison,
"World of the Wars" by Bruce McAllister, "Exploration"
by Barry M. Malzberg, Ean excerpt from Double Star by Robert A.
Heinlein, and "Linguistic Relativity in Middle High Martian"
by Willis E. McNelly. |
| Hipolato,
Jane and Willis E. McNally , editors. Introduction by Isaac Asimov.
|
The
Book of Mars. |
London:
Orbit |
1976 |
1st
UK edition, paperback. Published in the US as Mars We Love You.
Contains the short stories "A Martian Odyssey" Stanley
Weinbaum, "The Embassy" Donald A. Wollheim, "Dark
Mission" Lester Del Rey, "Lost Art" George O. Smith,
"The Cave" P. Schuyler Miller, "Expedition"
Anthony Boucher, "Loophole" Arthur C. Clarke, "Catch
That Martian" Damon Knight, "Omnilingual" H. Beam
Piper, "The Lost City of Mars" Ray Bradbury, "One
Step from Earth" Harry Harrison, "Carthage: Reflections
of A Martian" Frank Herbert, "Soft Landing" William
Fox
"Earthbound" Irene Jackson, "In Lonely Lands"
Harlan Ellison, "World of the Wars" Bruce McAllister,
and "Exploration" Barry N. Malzberg. Excerpts from The
Report on Canali by Schiaparelli, Mars the Abode of Life by Lowell,
War of the Worlds by Wells, and A Princess of Mars by Burroughs
are also included. The book ends with "Linguistic Relativity
in Middle High Martian", a critical essay on Heinlein’s
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Willis E. McNelly. 332 p. |
| Jones,
Alice Ilgenfritz and Ella Marchant (as Two Women of the West). |
Unveiling
a Parallel: A Romance. |
Boston:
Arena Publishing Co. |
1893 |
1st
edition, hardcover. A young male aviation enthusiast visits Mars
and learns about the two Martian societies of Thursia and Caskia
and meets a woman, but returns to Earth alone. An early femist utopian
novel. |
| Jones,
Alice Ilgenfritz and Ella Marchant (as Two Women of the West). |
Unveiling
a Parallel: A Romance. |
Syracuse:
Syracuse University Press |
1991 |
Paperback.
Reprint of an 1893 novel. A young male aviation enthusiast visits
Mars and learns about the two Martian societies of Thursia and Caskia
and meets a woman, but returns to Earth alone. An early feminist
utopian novel. |
| Key,
Alexander |
Rivets
and Sprockets. |
Philadelphia:
Westminster |
1964 |
1st
edition, hardcover. 160 pgs. Illus. by the author. |
| Long,
Frank Belknap. |
Mars
is My Destination. |
New
York: Pyramid Books |
1962 |
1st
edition. Pyramid paperback F-742. 158 pgs. June 1962. Cover by John
Schoenherr. |
| Mitchell,
John Ames. |
Drowsy. |
New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. |
1917 |
1st
edition, hardcover. 301 p. Illustrated by Angus MacDonall and the
author. |
| North,
Rick (pseud. of Margaret Wander Bonanno). |
Destination
Mars. |
New
York: Kensington |
1991 |
1st
edition. Part of the Young Astronauts series, book 4. The young
astronauts finally touch down on Mars. |
| North,
Rick (pseud. of Margaret Wander Bonanno). |
Ready
for Blastoff. |
New
York: Kensington |
1990 |
1st
edition. Part of the Young Astronauts series, book 2. The young
astronatus save a man on their way to Mars. |
| North,
Rick (pseud. of Margaret Wander Bonanno). |
Young
Astronauts. |
New
York: Kensington |
1990 |
1st
edition. Part of the Young Astronauts series, book 1. The UN selects
young astronauts to lead the colonization of Mars. |
| North,
Rick (pseud. of Margaret Wander Bonanno). |
Young
Blazers. |
New
York: Kensington |
1990 |
1st
edition. Part of the Young Astronauts series, book 3. |
| Pesek,
Ludek. |
Die
Erde is Nah: die Marsexpedition (The Earth Is Near). |
Recklinghausen:
Georg Bitter |
1970? |
1st
edition, hardcover. German. First published as Die Erde is Nah:
die Marsexpedition, in 1970. Won a German children's book prize,
but not a juvenile novel. An expedition travels to Mars and finds....
a desert. Good realistic depiction of Mars. |
| Pesek,
Ludek. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell . |
The
Earth Is Near. |
London:
Longman Young Books |
1973 |
1st
UK hardcover. First published as Die Erde is Nah: die Marsexpedition,
in 1970. Won a German children's book prize, but not a juvenile
novel. An expedition travels to Mars and finds.... a desert. Good
realistic depiction of Mars. |
| Pesek,
Ludek. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell . |
The
Earth Is Near. |
Scarsdale,
NY: Bradbury Press |
1974 |
1st
US hardcover. First published as Die Erde is Nah: die Marsexpedition,
in 1970. Won a German children's book prize, but not a juvenile
novel. An expedition travels to Mars and finds.... a desert. Good
realistic depiction of Mars. |
| Pike,
Christopher. |
The
Season of Passage. |
London:
Hodder and Stoughton |
1992 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. Vampires vs. a mars expedition. As much or
more horror as SF. |
| Pike,
Christopher. |
The
Season of Passage. |
New
York: TOR |
1992 |
1st
US edition, hardcover. Vampires vs. a mars expedition. As much or
more horror as SF. |
| Pohl,
Frederik. |
The
Day the Martians Came. |
New
York: St. Martins |
1988 |
1st
edition, hardback. 248 p. A kind-of novel loosely tying together
several of Pohl's Martian stories and 3 new ones, including: "A
Martian Christmas" (1987), "Sad Screenwriter Sam"
(1972), "The View From Mars Hill" (1987), "Saucery"
(1986), "Too Much Loosestrife" (1987), "Iradeska's
Martians" (1986), and "The Day After the Day After the
Martians came" (1967). The stories "The Missioner",
The Beltway bandit", and "Across the River" are original
with this volume. More of a commentary on humans and what they do
when they learn of an alien civilization. |
| Pohl,
Frederik. |
The
Day the Martians Came. |
New
York: St, Martins |
1989 |
Paperback.
Anthology of Pohl's Mars stories. A kind-of novel loosely tying
together several of Pohl's Martian stories and 3 new ones, including:
"A Martian Christmas" (1987), "Sad Screenwriter Sam"
(1972), "The View From Mars Hill" (1987), "Saucery"
(1986), "Too Much Loosestrife" (1987), "Iradeska's
Martians" (1986), and "The Day After the Day After the
Martians came" (1967). The stories "The Missioner",
The Beltway bandit", and "Across the River" are original
with this volume. More of a commentary on humans and what they do
when they learn of an alien civilization. |
| Robinson,
Kim Stanley. |
Red
Mars. |
London:
HarperCollins |
1992 |
1st
edition, hardcover. Preceeded the US edition by 5 mos. 1st in the
Mars Trilogy of Robinson. Winner of the 1993 Nebula Best Novel award.
An excellent opening volume to the most important Mars work since
the Martian Chronicles. |
| Robinson,
Kim Stanley. |
Red
Mars. |
New
York: Bantam/Spectra |
1993 |
1st
U.S. edition, hardcover. 519 pgs. Published simultaneously in hardback
and trade paperback. 1st in the Mars Trilogy of Robinson. Winner
of the 1993 Nebula Best Novel award. An excellent opening volume
to the most important Mars work since the Martian Chronicles. |
| Robinson,
Kim Stanley. |
Red
Mars. |
London:
HarperCollins /Voyager |
1996 |
Paperback.
1st in the Mars Trilogy of Robinson. Winner of the 1993 Nebula Best
Novel award. An excellent opening volume to the most important Mars
work since the Martian Chronicles. |
| Robinson,
Kim Stanley. Introduction by James Gunn. |
Red
Mars. |
Norwich,
CT: Easton Press |
1993 |
Deluxe,
signed edition. Illus. by Ron Miller. 1st in the Mars Trilogy of
Robinson. Winner of the 1993 Nebula Best Novel award. An excellent
opening volume to the most important Mars work since the Martian
Chronicles. |
| Rockwell,
Carey. |
Stand
By For Mars! |
New
York: Grosset & Dunlap |
1952 |
1st
edition, hardcover. 216 pgs. Tom Corbett Space Cadet series. 3 space
cadets crash on Mars, and survive in the Sahara(!!) like conditions
to be rescued. |
|
Rockwood, Roy. |
Through
Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record. |
New
York: Cupples and Leon |
1910 |
1st
edition, hardcover. 248 p. 2 heroes and a professor deal with crazy
mechanics, space dangers, and trying to steal a Martian energy source
before finally making it back home. Bleiler suggests the book is
of "dubious morality". |
| Shiner,
Lewis. |
Frontera. |
New
York: Baen |
1984 |
1st
edition, paperback. A cyberpunk view of the early exploration of
Mars. |
| Stabenow,
Dana. |
Red
Planet Run. |
New
York: Ace |
1995 |
1st
edition, paperback. Taking up a mission to explore mars where others
have failed, the heroine Star Svensdotter finds psce pirates, a
secret colony, and ancient ruins. |
| Steele,
Allen. |
Labyrinth
of Night. |
London:
Century |
1992 |
1st
edition, hardback. 353 p. Published in hardback before the 1st U.S.
edition. Old ruins, national rivalries, and government conspiracies.
|
| Steele,
Allen. |
Labyrinth
of Night. |
New
York: Ace |
1992 |
1st
U.S. edition, paperback. 340 pgs. Ace paperback original. Old ruins,
national rivalries, and government conspiracies. |
| Stine,
G. Harry. |
Rocket
Man. |
New
York: Henry Holt |
1955 |
1st
edition, hardcover. |
| Stoff,
Joshua. |
The
Voyage of the Ruslan : the First Manned Exploration of Mars. |
New
York: Atheneum |
1986 |
1st
edition, hardcover. A story of the first expedition to Mars, manned
by Russians. |
| Telep,
Peter. |
Red
Planet. |
New
York: Ace |
2000 |
1st
edition, paperback. Novelization of a screenplay. A crippled orbiting
spacecraft and an exploration mission hunted by their own malfuntioning
war robot. |
| Tubb,
E. C. |
Alien
Dust. |
London:
Boardman |
1955 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. A colony suffers a setback, and then is abandoned.
|
| Tubb,
E. C. |
Alien
Dust. |
New
York: Avalon |
1957 |
1st
U.S. edition, hardcover. 223 pgs. A colony suffers a setback, and
then is abandoned. |
| Watson,
Ian. |
The
Martian Inca. |
London:
Gollancz |
1977 |
1st
UK edition, hardback. In a reverse of War of the Worlds, a Martian
virus from a soil sample strikes the Earth and an American expedition
at the same time. |
| Watson,
Ian. |
The
Martian Inca. |
New
York: Scribners |
1977 |
1st
US hardback edition. In a reverse of War of the Worlds, a Martian
virus from a soil sample strikes the Earth and an American expedition
at the same time. |
| Watson,
Ian. |
The
Martian Inca. |
New
York: Ace |
1993 |
Paperback.
In a reverse of War of the Worlds, a Martian virus from a soil sample
strikes the Earth and an American expedition at the same time. |
| Wellman,
Mac. |
Annie
Salem: An American Tale. |
Los
Angeles: Sun and Moon Press |
1996 |
1st
edition, paperback. A strange, satirical novel of a man from northern
Ohio goes to Mars and fights the hated KKK to win the love of a
woman. Yes, he goes to Mars to fight the KKK. The author is a well
respected experimental playwright. |
| Whiteford,
Wynne. |
Lake
of the Sun. |
New
York: Ace |
1989 |
1st
edition. 249 pgs. An Ace paperback original. An underground Martian
civilization discovers Terrans have landed. |
| Wicks,
Mark. |
To
Mars Via the Moon: an Astronomical Story. |
Philadelphia:
J.B.Lippincott Co. |
1911 |
1st
edition, hardcover. A man who has lost his family makes a spaceschip
to visit the Moon and mars, staying on mars when he finds his dead
son, reincarnated as a Martian. |
| Wicks,
Mark. |
To
Mars Via the Moon: an Astronomical Story. |
London:
Seeley & Co. |
1911 |
1st
UK edition, hardcover. A man who has lost his family makes a spaceschip
to visit the Moon and mars, staying on mars when he finds his dead
son, reincarnated as a Martian. |
| Williams,
Michael Lindsay. |
Martian
Spring. |
New
York: Avon |
1986 |
1st
edition, paperback. 277 pgs. Part of the Martian series. A spacship
crashes into Mars, setting off a kind-of natural terraforming effect.
An expedition from Earth with a genetically created crew member
(and main character) vists the planet and discovers the Hronka.
An interesting way to have aliens on both sides of a first contact.
|
| Williamson,
Jack. |
Beachhead. |
New
York: TOR |
1992 |
1st
edition, hardcover. 368 pgs. A problem plagued colonization effort
struggles to stay in being. |
| Winterbotham,
Russ (R. R.) |
The
Red Planet. |
Derby,
CT: Monarch Books |
1962 |
1st
edition, paperback. 140 pgs. From the author’s profile: “The
author’s son-in-law is a member of the team developing the
plasma space motor which is planned to carry men to Mars within
the next 10 years.” Romatic and murderous crew rivalries, mad
human scientists, and electrical-weaponed Martians. |
| Woodcott,
Keith (pseud. of John Brunner) |
The
Martian Sphinx. |
New
York: Ace |
1965 |
1st
edition, Ace F-320. Interstingly, the cover has a 5 wheeled rover.
|
| Wyndham,
John (Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris). |
Stowaway
to Mars. |
New
York: Fawcett |
1972 |
1st
US edition, paperback. 192 pgs. Paperback. First U.S. edition of
Planet Plane. A millionaire sets out to win a monetary prize for
the first expedition to reach Mars, with a surprise inside. |
| Young,
Ruth. |
A
Trip to Mars. |
New
York: Orchard Books |
1990.
|
1st
edition, hardcover. A book for 6-8 year olds, a little girl takes
a nightime jaunt to Mars with her cat, learning about the planet
as she explores. |
