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Mars: A Tour of the Human Imagination Hardcover - 2005

by Eric Rabkin


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What is Mars? From the ancients to the present, we have imagined Mars repeatedly and studied it longingly. As scientific knowledge of Mars has changed, so has the cultural imagination of this celestial neighbors. The earth-centered beginnings of astronomy connected the blood-red planet with the God of War. The Copernican Revolution and a later, simple mistranslation from Italian supported fantastic visions of distant Mars as the abode of life variously bizarre, ideal, or malignant. In the work of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, in books, films, radio, and television, Mars reflected not only eternal hopes and fears but then-current political realities. In recent years, NASA-fication has brought Mars home, imagining the Red Planet almost as an eighth continent of Earth, a candidate for exploration and exploitation both in fiction and in fact. Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.

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  • Title Mars: A Tour of the Human Imagination
  • Author Eric Rabkin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-06-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780275987190 / 0275987191
  • Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.38 x 0.87 in (24.33 x 16.21 x 2.21 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Mars (Planet) - Exploration
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005003476
  • Dewey Decimal Code 523.43

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/01/2005, Page 118
  • Science Books & Films, 01/01/2006, Page 27

About the author

Eric S. Rabkin teaches in the Department of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author (and editor) of more than 30 books on science fiction and writing, including Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology and The Fantastic in Literature, and more than 100 articles in scholarly and mainstream media.
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