In the great age of classic science fiction, writers kept returning to one world more than any other — a place of thin air, endless horizons, and secrets buried beneath red dust.
Mars and Martians and Nothing But Mars and Martians 2 brings together twenty remarkable vintage stories from the 1930s through the 1960s — tales of explorers, settlers, scientists, wanderers, and the strange beings who may already call Mars home.
Some stories are tense and thought-provoking. Some are ironic and playful. Others remind us that the unknown rarely behaves the way we expect.
Here you’ll find unforgettable works from masters such as Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Clifford D. Simak, John Wyndham, Harlan Ellison, and more — each imagining Mars in a different light: dangerous, curious, hopeful, lonely, and deeply mysterious.
Travel across forgotten outposts. Walk ancient ruins.
Listen closely for signals that may not be meant for us.
And along the way, discover just how much stories about Mars tell us about ourselves.
The Foxholes of Mars by Fritz Leiber Survey Team by Philip K. Dick Welcome Martians by Evan Hunter Guest Expert by Alan K. Lang Message From Mars by Clifford D. Simak The Visitor by Ray Bradbury The Blonde From Barsoom by Robert F. Young Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson Moon of Memory by Bryce Walton The Weapon by Isaac Asimov The Beast of Boredom by Richard R. Smith On the Fourth Planet by J. F. Bone Saknarth by Donald A. Wollheim Never on Mars by John Wyndham The One Who Waits by Ray Bradbury Welcoming Committee by Harry Harrison Gunnison’s Bonanza by Dick Purcell Office Call by Charles E. Fritch Cosmic Striptease by Harlan Ellison
