Dying planet Mars in science and the imagination /
Markley, Robert, 1952-
Dying planet Mars in science and the imagination / [electronic resource] : Robert Markley. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2005. - 444 p. : ill. - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-435) and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
Mars (Planet)--In literature.
Mars (Planet)
Electronic books.
PS374.S35 / M37 2005
Dying planet Mars in science and the imagination / [electronic resource] : Robert Markley. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2005. - 444 p. : ill. - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-435) and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
Mars (Planet)--In literature.
Mars (Planet)
Electronic books.
PS374.S35 / M37 2005