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Author Title Publisher Year Published Notes
Aldiss, Brian W. in collaboration with Robert Penrose. White Mars, or The Mind Set Free: a 21st Centiry Utopia. New York: St. Martins 2000 1st US hardcover edition. Includes the United nationalities Charter for the Settlement of Mars by Dr. Laurence Lustgarten, and a short note by Aldiss on the origin and goals of APIUM: Association for the Protection and Integrity of an Unspoilt Mars. A colony is cut off from the Earth, and must find a way to survive, without altering mars' natural state. Aldiss' response to Robinson's terraformed Mars, in a way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Douglas, Ian. Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy. New York: Avon 1998 1st ed. Paperback. US Marines on Mars, securing ancient alien artifacts , where a war with the UN spills over onto Earth. The second volume focuses on the Moon, rather than Mars. The third, the Jovian moon Europa.
Elam, Richard M. Young Visitor to Mars. New York: Lantern Press 1953 1st edition, hardcover. Young Heroes Library series. 256 pgs. Illustrated by Charles H. Greer.
Elam, Richard M. Young Visitor to Mars. New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1953 Reprint hardcover. Young Heroes Library series. 256 pgs. Illustrated by Charles H. Greer.
Farren, Mick. Mars--The Red Planet. New York: Del Rey 1990 1st edition, paperback. Cover aart by David Schleinkofer.
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.
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.
Hartmann, William K. Mars Undergound. New York: TOR 1997 1st edition, hardcover. 351 p.
Hartmann, William K. Mars Undergound. New York: TOR 1999 Paperback. 428 p.
Heinlein, Robert A. Space Family Stone. London: Gollancz 1969 1st UK edition, hardcover. Published in the US as The Rolling Stones (1952). A family takes a dangerous jaunt through the solar system, with Martian life form pet in tow.
Heinlein, Robert A. The Rolling Stones. New York: Scribner's Sons 1952 1st edition, hardcover. Published in the UK as Space Family Stone (1952). A family takes a dangerous jaunt through the solar system, with Martian life form pet in tow.
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.
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.
Robinson, Kim Stanley. Green Mars. London: HarperCollins 1993 1st edition, hardcover. 2nd in the Mars Trilogy of Robinson. Winner of the 1994 Hugo Best Novel award. An excellent addition to the most important Mars work since the Martian Chronicles. Not related to Robinson’s novella by the same name.
Robinson, Kim Stanley. Green Mars. New York: Bantam/Spectra 1994 1st U.S. edition, hardcover. 535 pgs. 2nd in the Mars Trilogy of Robinson. Winner of the 1994 Hugo Best Novel award. An excellent addition to the most important Mars work since the Martian Chronicles. Published simultaneously in hardback and trade paperback. Not related to Robinson’s novella by the same name.
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".
Sharkey, Jack. The Secret Martians. New York: Ace 1960 1st edition, paperback. Half of Ace Double #471 with Sanctuary of the Sky by John Brunner, which was published earlier.
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.
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.
Turtledove, Harry. A World of Difference. New York: Del Rey 1990 1st edition, paperback. 308 p. A world modelled on Mars but with aliens, air, and water, with Viking landing tehre and sending back pictures. Humans arriave and meet the local Martians. Perhaps Turtledove is touching on soemthin we all wish could have happened.
Turtledove, Harry. A World of Difference. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1998 1st UK hardcover edition,. 308 p. A world modelled on Mars but with aliens, air, and water, with Viking landing tehre and sending back pictures. Humans arriave and meet the local Martians. Perhaps Turtledove is touching on soemthin we all wish could have happened.
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.

 

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