| Description |
444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-435) and index. |
| Contents |
"A situation in many respects similar to our own" : Mars and the limits of analogy -- Lowell and the canal controversy : Mars at the limits of vision -- "Different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare" : Mars in science fiction, 1880-1913 -- Lichens on Mars : planetary science and the limits of knowledge -- Mars at the limits of imagination : the dying planet from Burroughs to Dick -- The missions to Mars : Mariner, Viking, and the reinvention of a world -- Transforming Mars, transforming humankind : science fiction in the space age -- Mars at the turn of a new century -- Falling into theory : terraformation and eco-economics in Kim Stanley -- Robinson's Martian trilogy. |
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, American. |
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Mars (Planet) -- In literature.
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Mars (Planet) |
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Mars (Planet)
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| ISBN |
0822336383 paperback alkaline paper |
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0822336006 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822336006 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822336389 paperback alkaline paper |
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