Mars Probes

This article is about the science fiction anthology. For probes of the planet Mars, see Exploration of Mars.

Mars Probes (2002) is a science fiction anthology of mostly all-new short stories edited by Peter Crowther, the third in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books. The one story that is the exception to appearing here for the first time is a reprint of a Ray Bradbury story from 1968. The stories are all intended to be inspired by the theme of robotic probes on Mars. The book was published in 2002.

Mars Probes

First edition
Author	Edited by Peter Crowther
Cover artist	"Corbis"
Language	English
Series	Peter Crowther DAW anthologies
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	DAW Books
Publication date	2002
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	315
Preceded by	Moon Shots
Followed by	Constellations

The book includes a three-page introduction by Crowther entitled, "The Fascination of Mars", fifteen short stories, and an eleven-page set of author biographies at the end.

Contents

The anthology contains the following stories:

• Ray Bradbury: "The Love Affair"
• Eric Brown: "Myths of the Martian Future"
• Paul Di Filippo: "A Martian Theodicy"
• Alastair Reynolds: "The Real Story"
• Mike Resnick and M. Shayne Bell: "Flower Children of Mars"
• James Lovegrove: "Out of the Blue, Into the Red"
• Scott Edelman: "Mom, The Martians, and Me"
• Ian McDonald: "The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars"
• Allen Steele: "A Walk Across Mars"
• Stephen Baxter: "Martian Autumn"
• Gene Wolfe: "Shields of Mars"
• Paul McAuley: "Under Mars"
• James Morrow: "The War of the Worldviews"
• Brian W. Aldiss: "Near Earth Object"
• Patrick O'Leary: "The Me After the Rock"
• Michael Moorcock: "Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel"

See also

• Mars in fiction

Further reading

• Cox, F. Brett (2002-08-12). "Review: Mars Probes". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
• Dynes, Bill (March–April 2002). "Fiction Review: Mars Probes" (PDF). SFRA Review. 257: 22–23. ISSN 1068-395X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-31.
• Horton, Rich (2002). "Featured Review: Mars Probes". SF Site. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
• Lalumière, Claude (2002-08-10). "Review: Mars Probes edited by Peter Crowther". Infinity Plus. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
• Schellenberg, James (2003-09-15). "Review of Peter Crowther's Mars Probes". Challenging Destiny. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

External links

• Mars Probes title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database