he following decade threw up another Martian novel for the times, though in this case it is a Martian (in a manner of speaking) who journeys to Earth. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein was published in 1961 and tells of the discovery of a young man who was raised by Martians in total isolation from his human roots. The novel is a strange collection of ideas and musings on the human condition and made a great impact on American youth at the time, becoming something of a counterculture bible.
In 1965, Mariner 4 returned 22 images of the Martian surface, revealing a world pockmarked by craters like our own moon and finally putting to rest any notion that that planet might harbour a civilisation of canal builders. But you can't keep a good book down, and 1969 saw the welcome return of The War of the Worlds, though in a very surprising way. The father and son writing team of Manly & Wade Wellman had set to wondering what else might have happened during the original Martian invasion, and who else would have become involved. The answer they arrived at was elementary. Their Sherlock Holmes And The War Of The Worlds is a fantastic blending of two famous literary properties; with the indomitable detective in the thick of the action as the Martians occupy London. It's a great idea, and one that was taken up again in comic book form, in the 1990 series Sherlock Holmes And The Case of the Missing Martian.
The writer Howard Koch had never forgotten that the play he wrote for Orson Welles in October 1938 had created one of the greatest stirs in the history of American radio, and so in 1970 came the welcome release of his recollections. The Panic Broadcast gives us one of the few first hand accounts of that extraordinary night from someone on the inside of events.
The 1971 Mariner 9 probe followed the success of Mariner 4 when it became the first spacecraft to go into orbit around Mars, photographing amongst other things the giant volcanoes of the red planet. Then on July 20 1976 Viking 1 touched down on the western slopes of Chryse Planitia, but failed to detect signs of life, yet despite this, 1976 saw two new books that played in the universe created by H.G. Wells. George W. Smith took readers to an alternative Earth under threat from Martians in The Second War of the Worlds, and Christopher Priest blended The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine in The Space Machine.
There then followed something of a lull, and it would not be until 1985 that an unlikely new author would tackle The War of the Worlds. Willie Rushton was a well known British humorist who brought his considerable wit to bear on a novel that merged the worlds of Cricket and Martian Invasions in W.G. Grace's Last Case.
The 1990's saw a growing scientific understanding of Mars and a new breed of author determined to create plausible visions of Martian exploration. At the forefront of this new trend Kim Stanley Robinson who set the benchmark. His hugely impressive Mars trilogy (begun in 1992) recounts in stunning technical detail the colonisation of the red planet by a team of idealistic scientists and the problems and conflicts that ensue. Spanning hundreds of years of human history, the trilogy sees the planet undergo enormous changes at the hands of the colonists, as terraforming techniques are employed to shift the atmosphere toward a breathable composition. Many other authors such as Ben Bova and Stephen Baxter have followed suit, writing stories that tap directly into the latest thinking of NASA and other space agencies.
But that's not to say that The War of the Worlds has had its day, for there have been plenty of other forays into that world. 1996 saw the release of a superb compendium of tales set during the original invasion. War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches edited by Kevin J. Anderson, expands the original story to tell how the Martian assault spanned the globe, including France, Russia and the USA.
2005 was a bumper year, with the Steven Spielberg War of the Worlds movie no doubt convincing publishers that the story was once again a hot property. In The Martian War Kevin J Anderson (writing as Gabriel Mesta) crafts an intriguing tale that pits H.G. Wells and his mentor T.H Huxley against the Martians, while Douglas Niles' War of the Worlds: New Millennium brings the story up to date with a modern day invasion, but pick of the crop is Max Allan Collins' welcome return to 1938, with his brilliant idea of setting his War of the Worlds Murder in the New York studios of CBS on the eve of the Orson Welles broadcast!
And having fun with the War of the Worlds also continues to be popular. Robert Rankin has recently begun to play in the universe created by H. G. Wells, with his weird and wonderful spoof sequel The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions.
And so the popularity of The War of the Worlds shows no sign of diminishing, and it seems entirely plausible that the first person on Mars will have read and per
he following decade threw up another Martian novel for the times, though in this case it is a Martian (in a manner of speaking) who journeys to Earth. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein was published in 1961 and tells of the discovery of a young man who was raised by Martians in total isolation from his human roots. The novel is a strange collection of ideas and musings on the human condition and made a great impact on American youth at the time, becoming something of a counterculture bible.In 1965, Mariner 4 returned 22 images of the Martian surface, revealing a world pockmarked by craters like our own moon and finally putting to rest any notion that that planet might harbour a civilisation of canal builders. But you can't keep a good book down, and 1969 saw the welcome return of The War of the Worlds, though in a very surprising way. The father and son writing team of Manly & Wade Wellman had set to wondering what else might have happened during the original Martian invasion, and who else would have become involved. The answer they arrived at was elementary. Their Sherlock Holmes And The War Of The Worlds is a fantastic blending of two famous literary properties; with the indomitable detective in the thick of the action as the Martians occupy London. It's a great idea, and one that was taken up again in comic book form, in the 1990 series Sherlock Holmes And The Case of the Missing Martian.The writer Howard Koch had never forgotten that the play he wrote for Orson Welles in October 1938 had created one of the greatest stirs in the history of American radio, and so in 1970 came the welcome release of his recollections. The Panic Broadcast gives us one of the few first hand accounts of that extraordinary night from someone on the inside of events.The 1971 Mariner 9 probe followed the success of Mariner 4 when it became the first spacecraft to go into orbit around Mars, photographing amongst other things the giant volcanoes of the red planet. Then on July 20 1976 Viking 1 touched down on the western slopes of Chryse Planitia, but failed to detect signs of life, yet despite this, 1976 saw two new books that played in the universe created by H.G. Wells. George W. Smith took readers to an alternative Earth under threat from Martians in The Second War of the Worlds, and Christopher Priest blended The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine in The Space Machine.There then followed something of a lull, and it would not be until 1985 that an unlikely new author would tackle The War of the Worlds. Willie Rushton was a well known British humorist who brought his considerable wit to bear on a novel that merged the worlds of Cricket and Martian Invasions in W.G. Grace's Last Case.The 1990's saw a growing scientific understanding of Mars and a new breed of author determined to create plausible visions of Martian exploration. At the forefront of this new trend Kim Stanley Robinson who set the benchmark. His hugely impressive Mars trilogy (begun in 1992) recounts in stunning technical detail the colonisation of the red planet by a team of idealistic scientists and the problems and conflicts that ensue. Spanning hundreds of years of human history, the trilogy sees the planet undergo enormous changes at the hands of the colonists, as terraforming techniques are employed to shift the atmosphere toward a breathable composition. Many other authors such as Ben Bova and Stephen Baxter have followed suit, writing stories that tap directly into the latest thinking of NASA and other space agencies.But that's not to say that The War of the Worlds has had its day, for there have been plenty of other forays into that world. 1996 saw the release of a superb compendium of tales set during the original invasion. War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches edited by Kevin J. Anderson, expands the original story to tell how the Martian assault spanned the globe, including France, Russia and the USA.2005 was a bumper year, with the Steven Spielberg War of the Worlds movie no doubt convincing publishers that the story was once again a hot property. In The Martian War Kevin J Anderson (writing as Gabriel Mesta) crafts an intriguing tale that pits H.G. Wells and his mentor T.H Huxley against the Martians, while Douglas Niles' War of the Worlds: New Millennium brings the story up to date with a modern day invasion, but pick of the crop is Max Allan Collins' welcome return to 1938, with his brilliant idea of setting his War of the Worlds Murder in the New York studios of CBS on the eve of the Orson Welles broadcast!And having fun with the War of the Worlds also continues to be popular. Robert Rankin has recently begun to play in the universe created by H. G. Wells, with his weird and wonderful spoof sequel The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions.And so the popularity of The War of the Worlds shows no sign of diminishing, and it seems entirely plausible that the first person on Mars will have read and per
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