| 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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