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The Tree of Life
by C.L. Moore
A gripping tale of the planet Mars and the terrible monstrosity that called its victims to it from afar—a tale of Northwest Smith. Originally published in the October, 1936 issue of Weird Tales.
Year: 1936
Genre: Science Fiction
Double Star
by Robert A. Heinlein
"Lorenzo the Great" -a down-and-out actor wasting the remainder of his life in bars, encounters a space-pilot who offers him a drink, before he knows what is going on, he is on Mars involved in a deep conspiracy with global consequences. He is given a mission where failure would not only mean his own death, it would almost certainly mean an all-out planetary war.
Year: 1956
Genre: Political SF
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth's inhabitants forever...
Year: 1961
Genre: Alien Contact, Science Fiction, Soft SF
Man Plus
by Frederik Pohl
The American government works feverishly to complete a massive project to colonize Mars. Former astronaut Roger Torraway has agreed to be transformed by the latest advances in biological and cybernetic science into something new, a being that can survive the rigors of Mars before it is terraformed. Becoming Man Plus will allow him to be the linchpin in opening the new Martian frontier...but not without challenging his humanity as no man has ever been challenged before.
Year: 1976
Genre: Science Fiction
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage and madness; for others it offers and opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. And for the genetic "alchemists, " Mars presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life... and death.
Year: 1992
Genre: Hard SF
Titles
| Year | Title | ||||||||||
| 1936 | The Tree of Life | by C.L. Moore | |||||||||
| 1956 | Double Star | by Robert A. Heinlein | |||||||||
| 1961 | Stranger in a Strange Land | by Robert A. Heinlein | |||||||||
| 1976 | Man Plus | by Frederik Pohl | |||||||||
| 1992 | Red Mars | by Kim Stanley Robinson | |||||||||
| 1993 | Green Mars | by Kim Stanley Robinson | |||||||||
| 1993 | Moving Mars | by Greg Bear | |||||||||
| 1996 | Blue Mars | by Kim Stanley Robinson | |||||||||
| 1999 | The Martian Race | by Gregory Benford | |||||||||
| 2005 | The Sunborn | by Gregory Benford | |||||||||
| 2020 | Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars | by Will Murray | |||||||||
