The Book Of Mars

For the general reader.

From myth to Musk, astrology to astronomy, the Red Planet in fact and fiction - Dr Stuark Clark selects the very best writing about Mars.

From myth to Musk, astrology to astronomy, Dr Stuark Clark selects the very best writing about the Red Planet. From its very first sighting, Mars has been a source of fascination for humanity. Named for the Roman god of war, this red planet has been explored more than any other beyond Earth and continues to occupy a distinctive place in our imagination. It's an environment that may even foster life. In The Book of Mars, Dr Stuart Clark selects one hundred pieces of writing about the planet. It is a collection that brings together fact and fiction, dreams and fears, centuries of observation and more recent feats of interstellar exploration. From classic writers of science fiction – Stanley G. Weinbaum, Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Pamela Sargent, Roger Zelazny – to distinguished experts in astronomy, astrobiology and aerospace engineering; from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning authors – Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Robinette Kowal – to trail-blazing journalists and science communicators; from Andy Weir's The Martian to Elon Musk's SpaceX programme, The Book of Mars is an extraordinary overview both of the Red Planet and of the way scientific investigation diffuses into culture.

A playwright, who said the story is shakespearean in writing and can be made into a series. He is a playwright, and one of his famous plays, is called A long way from home, shown at the Tricycle Theatre; and has been in a number of movies, one called flawless with Demi Moore and Michael Cain. -Yemi Ajibade An Internet blogger, said he never read a book, that gave him an orgarsm at the end. Also been classified as hot as a christmas cake. -Dev Barnhart

Simple facts about the Red Planet such as its orbit, atmosphere, and terrain, as well as the outcomes of explorations such as the Pathfinder Mission.