This wonderful collection offers ten wildly imaginative short stories from the golden age of science fiction by such classic sci-fi writers as H.G. Since the 1880s, after an astronomer first described "channels" on the surface of Mars, writers have been fascinated with the planet, endlessly speculating on what life on Mars might look like and what might happen should we make contact with the planet's inhabitants. From an arid desert to an advanced society far superior to that of Earth, portrayals of Mars have differed radically in their attempts to uncover the truth about our neighboring planet. A resident of Venus describes his travels across the two alien planets. A Martian's wife contemplates the possibility of life on Earth. I approached with curiosity this oasis in the frozen desert."Īn antique-shop owner gets a glimpse of the Red Planet through an intriguing artifact. "I was suddenly struck with the sight of a trail of rich red vegetation of several miles in the midst of the eternal snows.
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