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Author Title Publisher Year Published Notes
Bradbury, Edward P. (pseud. of Michael Moorcock). Barbarians of Mars. New York: Lancer 1966 1st US paperback edition. The 3rd in the Michael Kane series. Later published as Masters of the Pit. A Barsoomiad, with a bit more tech than Burroughs
Bradbury, Edward P. (pseud. of Michael Moorcock). Blades of Mars. London: Compact Books 1965 1st UK edition. Compact paperback F279. The 2nd in the Michael Kane series. Later published as Lord of the Spiders. A Barsoomiad, with a bit more tech than Burroughs.
Bradbury, Edward P. (pseud. of Michael Moorcock). Warriors of Mars. London: Compact Books 1965 1st UK edition, paperback. Compact paperback F279. Published later as City of the Beast. 1st in the Michael Kane series. A Barsoomiad, with a bit more tech than Burroughs.
Cowan, James. Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World. New York: G. H. Richmond & Co. 1896 1st edition. 399 p. A parallel Christianity on Mars.
Cowan, James. Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World. New York: Arno 1971 Reprint edition. A parallel Christianity on Mars.
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.
Douglass, Ellsworth. Pharaoh's Broker: Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Written by Himself. London: C.Pearson 1899 1st edition, hardcover. 316 p. A hard core capitalist finds an Egyptian Mars, and proceeds to try and dominate it. Mars eventually overcomes Wall Street.
Douglass, Ellsworth. Pharaoh's Broker: Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Written by Himself. Boston: Gregg Press 1976 Reprint hardcover. 316 p. A hard core capitalist finds an Egyptian Mars, and proceeds to try and dominate it. Mars eventually overcomes Wall Street. Kudos to Gregg Press for reprinting such an obscure work.
Genone, Hudor. Bellona's Husband: a Romance. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1887 1st U.S. edition. 332 p.
Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land. New York: Putnam 1961 1st edition, hardcover. 408 p. Another Hugo winner. A human raised on Mars returns to Earth to teach humans about grokking and discorporation.
Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land. London: New English Library 1975 1st UK hardcover. Another Hugo winner. A human raised on Mars returns to Earth to teach humans about grokking and discorporation.
Heinlein, Robert A. Introduction by James Gunn. Stranger in a Strange Land. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press 1989 Delux, signed hardcover edition. Illustrated by Kent Bash. Another Hugo winner. A human raised on Mars returns to Earth to teach humans about grokking and discorporation.
Hirschman, Edward. Tarzan at Mar’s Core. Annandale, VA: DeLeithein Press 1977 1st editon. Combines all three of Burroughs major thems in one book.
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.
Leggett, Mortimer Dormer. A Dream of a Modest Prophet. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1890 1st edition, hardcover. 207 p. A dream trip to a Christian Utopia on Mars.
Lewis, C.S. Out of the Silent Planet. London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1938 1st edition, hardcover. First volume in the Ransom (or Cosmic ) Trilogy. The other two books published in 1943 and 1945 are Perelandra (later pub. as Voyage to Venus), and That Hideous Strength (later pub. as The Tortutured Planet).
Lewis, C.S. Out of the Silent Planet. New York: Macmillan 1943 1st US edition, hardcover. First volume in the Ransom (or Cosmic ) Trilogy. The other two books published in 1943 and 1945 are Perelandra (later pub. as Voyage to Venus), and That Hideous Strength (later pub. as The Tortutured Planet).
MacColl, Hugh. Mr Stranger's Sealed Packet. London: Chatto and Windus 1889 1st edition, hardcover. First mention of the death of a Martian througn Terran bacterial exposure.
MacColl, Hugh. Mr Stranger's Sealed Packet. New York: Munro 1890 1st edition, hardcover. First mention of the death of a Martian througn Terran bacterial exposure.
Priest, Christopher. The Space Machine : a Scientific Romance. London: Faber and Faber 1976 1st UK edition, hardcover. A man and a woman are mystically transported to Mars before they launch the invasion in Wells' book. The story goes from there.
Priest, Christopher. The Space Machine : a Scientific Romance. New York: Harper Collins 1976 1st US hardcover edition. A man and a woman are mystically transported to Mars before they launch the invasion in Wells' book. The story goes from there.

 

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