We’re going to Mars today via Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s story, The Sands of Mars. It’s a about the early days of colonizing Mars, a story of an Optimistic Knight.
Category: Going to Mars Word-by-Word
Blog posts by author Lynette M. Burrows celebrating the latest NASA launch to Mars with reviews of how science fiction books portray the planet Mars.
Going to Mars, Word by Word: Bradbury and Unintended Consequences
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is a series of “Martian penseés, Shakespearean ‘asides.’ Hop aboard for Bradbury and Unintended Consequences.
Going to Mars Word by Word: C.S. Lewis style
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis is the third in my Going to Mars Word by Word series. It offers a fascinating C.S. Lewis style view of Mars.
Going to Mars Word by Word: A Princess of Mars
What do you get when you mix a Civil War hero with barbaric Green Martians, ferocious beasts, and a Princess of Mars? Did you say Edgar Rice Burroughs?