Mars in Science Fiction

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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the planet about which the general public exhibits the greatest knowledge and interest. Interest has been sparked because some features of Mars have been observable from Earth for over a century. Mars has been the scene, or at least the destination of a voyage that is the scene, for more science fiction plots than any planet other than Earth. Fictional Martians in various shapes and sizes have been invading or otherwise interacting with humans from the earliest days of science fiction.

Much of the scientific interest in Mars is driven by the possibility that it might harbor life, whether microbial or more complex. The possibility of life in familiar forms depends on the presence of water, especially liquid water. According to a Space.com report on research conducted by Julie Chittenden, a graduate student with the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, liquid water might be present in brine solutions just below the surface of Mars.

Contents 1 List of Novels 2 List of Films 3 List of Television Episodes by Series 4 1938 Invasion from Mars

List of Novels

• 1957 Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet
• 1963 Robert A. Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars
• 1993 Piers Anthony's Hard Sell
• 1993 Ben Bova's Mars

List of Films

• 1952 Red Planet Mars (learn to think like a Republican)
• 1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars
• 1996 Mars Attacks
• 2000 Mission to Mars (hard sci-fi!)
• 2000 Red Planet
• 2001 Ghosts of Mars 2001 (awful)

List of Television Episodes by Series

• The Sandkings, Parts 1 & 2 in The Outer Limits Episode 101, Season 1, March 26, 1995
• Phobos Rising The Outer Limits Episode 424, Season 4, 12-4-1998
• "The Invisible Enemy," The Outer Limits Original Series, 10-31-1964

1938 Invasion from Mars

• Hadley Cantril. 1940. The Invasion from Mars: a Study in the Psychology of Panic. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• Melvin De Fleur & Shearon Lowery. 1983. "The Invasion from Mars: Radio Panics America." Milestones in Mass Communication Research: Media Effects. New York: Longman, Inc., pages 59-84.
• Herta Herzog. 1939. "Why Did People Believe in the Invasion from Mars?" Memorandum to Dr. Frank Stanton, Director of Research, Columbia Broadcasting System, in Lawrence W. Lichty and Malachi C. Topping, (ed.s) American Broadcasting: A Sourcebook on the History of Radio and Television. New York: Random House, 1975.
• Howard Koch. 1970. The Panic Broadcast. New York: Avon Books.