GrayMouser
08-28-2003, 10:03 AM
In honour of our neighbor's closest passing in 60,000 years, open comments on any SF/fantasy (including movies, TV etc) about the Red Planet...
A favorite: Stanley Weinbaum's "A Martian Odyssey"-
As the science fiction writer and critic, Sam Moskowitz pointed out in his introduction to a 1966 edition of Weinbaum's classic:1
Many devotees . . . believe that the true beginning of modern science fiction, with its emphasis on polished writing, otherwordly psychology, philosophy and stronger characterization began with Stanley G. Weinbaum. Certainly few authors in this branch have exercised a more obvious and pervasive influence on the attitudes of his contemporaries.
"War of the Worlds" and "Stranger in a Strange Land", though both took place on Earth.
A favorite: Stanley Weinbaum's "A Martian Odyssey"-
As the science fiction writer and critic, Sam Moskowitz pointed out in his introduction to a 1966 edition of Weinbaum's classic:1
Many devotees . . . believe that the true beginning of modern science fiction, with its emphasis on polished writing, otherwordly psychology, philosophy and stronger characterization began with Stanley G. Weinbaum. Certainly few authors in this branch have exercised a more obvious and pervasive influence on the attitudes of his contemporaries.
"War of the Worlds" and "Stranger in a Strange Land", though both took place on Earth.