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Robert Markley is Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of a number of books, including Fallen Languages: Crises of Representation in Newtonian England, 1660–1740. He is a coauthor of the DVD-ROM Red Planet: Scientific and Cultural Encounters with Mars and the editor of the book Virtual Realities and Their Discontents.
Introduction 1
1. "A Situation in Many Respects Similar to Our Own": Mars and the Limits of Analogy 31
2. Lowell and the Canal Controversy: Mars at the Limits of Vision 61
3. "Different Beyond the Most Bizarre Imaginings of Nightmare": Mars in Science Fiction, 1880–1912 115
4. Lichens on Mars: Planetary Science and the Limits of Knowledge 150
5. Mars at the Limits of Imagination: The Dying Planet from Burroughs to Dick 182
6. The Missions to Mars: Mariner, Viking, and the Reinvention of a World 230
7. Transforming Mars, Transforming "Man": Science Fiction in the Space Age 269
8. Mars at the Turn of a New Century 303
9. Falling into Theory: Terraformation and Eco-Economics in Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian Trilogy 355
Epilogue: 2005 385
Notes 389
Works Cited 405
Index 435
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780822336389 |
| ISBN-10: | 0822336383 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Markley, Robert |
| Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk |
| Maße: | 233 x 164 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Robert Markley |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.09.2005 |
| Gewicht: | 0,644 kg |
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