chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (06/04/85)
Here is the summary of replies for my request on stories set on mars.
thanks to everyone for taking the time to send me your thoughts -- you
shook out a few forgotten stories I'm happy to remember, and pointed me in
a couple of places I missed.
chuq
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***** From ihnp4!pur-ee!weil
My all-time favorite set of Mars stories is the Michael Kane
trillogy by Michael Moorcock.
City of the Beast (Warriors of Mars)
Lord of the Spiders (Blades of Mars)
Masters of the Pit (Barbarians of Mars)
The names in paren's are the original titles which were
published under the pen-name of Edward P. Bradbury.
***** From decwrl!muffy@lll-crg
Stanley Weinbaum, "A Martian Odyssey"
Arthur C. Clarke, "Report on Planet Three"
C. L. Moore, "Shambleau"
C. L. Moore, "The Tree of Life"
John Varley, "In the Hall of the Martian Kings"
***** From decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-miles!chabot
if you forget to list Zelazny's "A Rose for Ecclesiastes",
SZKB will probably shoot you. It's in many collections.
Most of the C. L. Moore's Northwest Smith stories in _Scarlet_Dream_ (Donald
M. Grant, 1981) take place on Mars: "Shambleau", "The Tree of Life", "Scarlet
Dream", "Dust of the Gods", "The Cold Gray God", "Yvala".
But, again, I like Brackett's _The_Coming_of_the_Terrans_ best. It's a
volume of short stories, but rather than Moore's adventurer encountering strange
and fantastic creatures, Brackett's are stories about earth-people, with their
technology, and their interactions with the superficially innocent/docile
members of the ancient race of martians; Brackett is more modern, less eerie and
weird than Moore or much of Bradbury. "Mars Minus Bisha" is devastating: 'So
small a grave did not take long to dig.'
_The_Sword_of_Rhiannon_ is also by Leigh Brackett and also about Mars.
Oh, and the Walter R. Brooks books are _Freddy_and_the_Men_from_Mars_ and
_Freddy_and_the_Baseball_Team_from_Mars_ (same Martians in both).
***** From ihnp4!mtgzz!daemon
Arnold, Edwin L. Gulliver of Mars
Asimov, Isaac Martian Way
Blish, James Welcome to Mars
Bradbury, Edward P. Barbarians of Mars
Bradbury, Edward P. Blades of Mars
Bradbury, Edward P. Warriors of Mars
Bradbury, Ray Martian Chronicles
Bretnor, Reginald Spear of Mars
Brown, Fredric Martians, Go Home
Brunner, John Born Under Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Chessmen of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Fighting Man of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Gods of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice John Carter of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Mastermind of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Princess of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Swords of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Synthetic Men of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice Warlord of Mars
Carter, Lin Man Who Loved Mars
Chandler, A. Bertram Alternate Martians (M-129*)
Charkin, Paul Light of Mars
Clarke, Arthur C. Prelude to Mars [PS,SM+]=
Clarke, Arthur C. Sands of Mars
Claudy, Carl H. Mystery Men of Mars=
Del Rey, Lester Marooned on Mars
Dick, Philip K. Martian Time-Slip
Farmer, Philip Jose Jesus on Mars
Gordon, Rex First on Mars
Grinnell, David Martian Missile (D-465)
Heinlein, Robert A. Podkayne of Mars
Hipolito, Jane Mars, We Love You
Judd, Cyril Outpost Mars
Kline, Otis Adelbert Outlaws of Mars
Kline, Otis Adelbert Swordsman of Mars
Long, Frank Belknap Mars Is My Destination
Moskowitz, Sam Under the Moons of Mars=
O'Neill, Scott Martian Sexpot
Petaja, Emil Caves of Mars (M-133)
Russell, Eric Frank Men, Martians, and Machines
Serviss, Garrett P. Invasion Mars [Edison's]
Sharkey, Jack Secret Martians (D-471)
Sohl, Jerry Mars Monopoly (D-162)
Tubb, E. C. C.O.D. Mars (H-40)
Weinbaum, Stanley G. Martian Odyssey
Wollheim, Donald A. Secret of the Martian Moons
Woodcott, Keith Martian Sphinx
Wyndham, John Sleepers of Mars
Wyndham, John Stowaway to Mars
Evelyn C. Leeper
...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl
***** From seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo
Try Arthur Clarke's "Prelude to Mars"...it's entertaining if
you don't mind it being dated....
***** From fortune!allegra!convex!ctvax!trsvax!wkb
My all time favorite is the classic "Martian Odyssey". There are some
other good stories that have scenes on Mars (like "Gateway"), but the only
others that I can remember are in "The Martian Chronicals".
***** From ames!barry
1) Martian Chronicles Bradbury
2) Red Planet Heinlein
3) A Rose For Ecclesiastes Zelazny
4) High Weir Delany
5) A Martian Odyssey Weinbaum
6) Open to Me, My Sister Farmer
(aka My Sister's Brother)
7) The John Carter series Burroughs
8) Man Plus Pohl
9) The Rolling Stones Heinlein
10) Barbarians of Mars "Edward Bradbury"
(Michael Moorcock)
11) The Martian Way Asimov
12) Jesus On Mars Farmer
13) War of the Worlds Wells
14) Shambleau C. L. Moore
15) The Crystal Egg Wells
16) A Journey to Mars Gustavus W. Pope
17) Edison's Conquest of Mars Garrett P. Serviss
18) The Forgotten Man of Space P. Shuyler Miller
19) Old Faithful Raymond Z. Gallun
20) Out of the Silent Planet C.S. Lewis
21) Sands of Mars Clarke
22) Martian Time-Slip Dick
23) Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich Dick
24) The Space Machine Christopher Priest
25) The Martian Inca Ian Watson
26) In the Hall of the Martian Kings Varley
***** From decwrl!decvax!yale!sharp
I really enjoyed the books Heinlein set on Mars. These were among his
juveniles; some that spring to mind are Red Planet, part of Rolling Stones,
and Podykane of Mars (a little). There are, of course, many others.
I liked The Sands of Time by Arthur C. Clarke (I'm not, embarrassingly
enough, totally positive about the title).
Asimov had a good set of stories, including The Martian Way.
***** From seismo!aplvax!osiris!rob@maryland
Larry Niven has a few Mars stories in his Known Space history:
Eye of an Octopus
How the Heroes Die
At the Bottom of a Hole
and another that isn't connected to anything else, The Hole Man.
***** From seismo!mcvax!ukc!drb@ukc.ac.uk
I liked the book by Robert Heinlein "Red Planet", which was, suprisingly, set
on Mars.
***** From ihnp4!burl!geoff
Red Planet -- Heinlein (of course)
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