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Early depictions
Solar SystemFictional tour of the planetsItinerarium exstaticumAthanasius KircherConversations on the Plurality of Worlds
180 related topics
Life on Mars
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Human survival
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Nostalgic depictions
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Overview
- Mars
- Sun
- Setting Setting (narrative)
- Planetary science
- Celestial object
- Moon
- Utopian fiction
- Canals on Mars
- Percival Lowell
- The War of the Worlds
- H. G. Wells
- Alien invasion
- Earth
- Science fiction
- Life on Mars
- Intelligent Extraterrestrial intelligence
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Barsoom
- Leigh Brackett
- Stanley G. Weinbaum
- A Martian Odyssey
- Colonizing Mars Colonization of Mars
- Mars exploration
- Ray Bradbury
- The Martian Chronicles
- Terraforming Mars Terraforming of Mars
- Human habitation Planetary habitability
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Mars trilogy
- Human mission to Mars
Early depictions
- Solar System
- Fictional tour of the planets Planetary tours in fiction
- Itinerarium exstaticum
- Athanasius Kircher
- Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
- Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
- A Voyage to the World in the Centre of the Earth A Voyage to the World in the Centre of the Earth?action=edit&redlink=1
- Alexander the Great
- De Telluribus in Mundo Nostro Solari
- Emanuel Swedenborg
- The Voyages of Lord Seaton to the Seven Planets
- Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert
- A Fantastical Excursion into the Planets A Fantastical Excursion into the Planets?action=edit&redlink=1
- Roman gods
- Mars Mars (mythology)
- Vulcan Vulcan (mythology)
- A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets
- Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds
- W. S. Lach-Szyrma
- Venus
- Across the Zodiac
- Percy Greg
- Reincarnation
- Paranormal
- Uranie Uranie?action=edit&redlink=1
- Camille Flammarion
- Afterlife
- James Cowan James Cowan (journalist)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Jesus
- Louis Pope Gratacap
Life on Mars
- Language
- Civilization
- Extraterrestrials Extraterrestrial life
- Survey Team Survey Team?action=edit&redlink=1
- Philip K. Dick
- Atlantis
- The Million Year Picnic
- Fix-up
- David Starr, Space Ranger
- Isaac Asimov
- Original sin
- Klaatu Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Christ figure
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Prophet
- Comic books Comic book
- Martian Manhunter
- No Man Friday
- Rex Gordon
- Pacifist
- Cannibals Human cannibalism
- Sitcom
- My Favorite Martian
- Children's animation
- Film in 1999 My Favorite Martian (film)
- Anthology series
- The Twilight Zone
- The Outer Limits The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
- Mr. Dingle, the Strong
Human survival
- Colonization Space colonization
- Terraforming
- Spectrographic analysis
- Oxygen
- Social commentary
- McCarthyism
- Usher II
- Racial segregation Racial segregation in the United States
- Lynching in the United States
- Way in the Middle of the Air
- Nuclear anxiety
- European colonization of the Americas
- Hernán Cortés
- Trail of Tears
- Chickenpox
- Virgin soil epidemics Virgin soil epidemic
- Devastated Native American populations Native American disease and epidemics
- Columbian exchange
- Life-support systems Life-support system
- We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
- Crucifixus Etiam Crucifixus Etiam?action=edit&redlink=1
- Walter M. Miller Jr.
- A machine that oxygenates their blood Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- Domed city
- Police Your Planet Police Your Planet?action=edit&redlink=1
- Lester del Rey
- Alien Dust Alien Dust?action=edit&redlink=1
- Edwin Charles Tubb
- Pneumoconiosis
- Atrophied their muscles Muscle atrophy
Nostalgic depictions
- Martian canals
- Martian Time-Slip
- Space Age
- Lin Carter
- The Man Who Loved Mars
- Frank Herbert
- Extrasolar Extrasolar planet
- Arrakis
- Dune Dune (novel)
- Robert F. Young
- The First Mars Mission The First Mars Mission?action=edit&redlink=1
- Colin Greenland
- Harm's Way Harm's Way (Greenland novel)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Luminiferous aether
- The Alternate Martians The Alternate Martians?action=edit&redlink=1
- A. Bertram Chandler
- Alternative universes Parallel universes in fiction
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- The Barsoom Project The Barsoom Project?action=edit&redlink=1
- Steven Barnes
- Larry Niven
- Amusement park
- Face on Mars
- Viking 1
- Pareidolia
- Richard C. Hoagland
- Labyrinth of Night Labyrinth of Night?action=edit&redlink=1
- Allen Steele
- The Great Martian Pyramid Hoax The Great Martian Pyramid Hoax?action=edit&redlink=1
- Jerry Oltion
First landings and near-future human presence
- George H. W. Bush
- Capricorn One
- NASA
- Beachhead Beachhead (novel)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Jack Williamson
- Mars Mars (Bova novel)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Ben Bova
- Grand Tour series Grand Tour (novel series)
- Voyage to the Red Planet Voyage to the Red Planet?action=edit&redlink=1
- Terry Bisson
- Voyage Voyage (novel)
- Alternate history
- John F. Kennedy
- Assassinated in 1963 Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Mars Direct
- Aerospace engineer
- Robert Zubrin
- Private sector
- First Landing
- The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars
- Mars Pathfinder
- Mars Global Surveyor
- Red Genesis Red Genesis?action=edit&redlink=1
- S. C. Sykes S. C. Sykes?action=edit&redlink=1
- Mars Crossing
- Geoffrey A. Landis
In the new millennium
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Monster movies Monster movie
- Ghosts of Mars
- Doom Doom (film)
- The video game franchise Doom (franchise)
- The Last Days on Mars
- Ilium Ilium (novel)
- Dan Simmons
- Olympos Olympos (novel)
- Trojan War
- Mars Needs Moms
- The Expanse The Expanse (novel series)
- James S. A. Corey
- Daniel Abraham Daniel Abraham (author)
- Ty Franck
- Leviathan Wakes
- Space opera
- Role-playing game
- A 2015–2022 television series The Expanse (TV series)
- Tom Chmielewski Tom Chmielewski?action=edit&redlink=1
- Lunar Dust, Martian Sands Lunar Dust, Martian Sands?action=edit&redlink=1
- Noir fiction
- John Carter John Carter (film)
- Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom?action=edit&redlink=1
- John Joseph Adams
- Rafał Kosik
- Mars Mars (Kosik novel)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Pl Mars (powieść)
- Overpopulation
- Video games Video game
Moons
- Asaph Hall
- Gulliver's Travels
- Jonathan Swift
- Laputa
- Micromégas
- Voltaire
- Astronomy historian History of astronomy
- William Sheehan William Sheehan (astronomer)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Eberhard Christian Kindermann Eberhard Christian Kindermann?action=edit&redlink=1
- De Eberhard Christian Kindermann
- Die Geschwinde Reise Die Geschwinde Reise?action=edit&redlink=1
- Phobos, the Robot Planet Phobos, the Robot Planet?action=edit&redlink=1
- Paul Capon
- Romance with Phobic Variations
- Tom Purdom
- D. L. James
- Star
- Juvenile novel
- The Secret of the Martian Moons
- Donald A. Wollheim
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Nodes596
Edges595
Triples56
Avg. degree2
Density0.003356
Components1
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Mars in fiction
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related to Moons · 33
Mars in fiction → Arthur, Asaph Hall, Clarke, Crystals, Deimos, Die Geschwinde Reise, Donald, Eberhard Christian Kindermann, German, Gulliver's Travels, James, Jonathan Swift, Laputa, Madness, Mars, Martian, Martian Moons, Micromégas, Paul Capon, Phobic Variations
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Important terminology
mars novel fiction martian science martians earth planet story works stories isbn short red first terraforming human life space humans
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glintan in the 1889 novel Mr | instance of | One of them is Mars having a different local name | 0.80 | text |
| the 1938 novel Out of the Silent Planet by C | instance of | This carried on in later works | 0.80 | text |
| Burroughs's Barsoom series | instance of | Canals became a feature of romantic portrayals of Mars | 0.80 | text |
| the 1936 novel Planet Plane by John Wyndham | instance of | canals continued to make sporadic appearances in fiction for a while in works | 0.80 | text |
| the 1938 novel Out of the Silent Planet by C | instance of | canals continued to make sporadic appearances in fiction for a while in works | 0.80 | text |
| the 1889 novel Mr | instance of | Martians are the descendants of humans from Earth in some works | 0.80 | text |
| the 1952 novel David Starr | instance of | and some works | 0.80 | text |
| Space Ranger by Isaac Asimov depict Martians sharing their advanced technology with the inhabitants of Earth | instance of | and some works | 0.80 | text |
| the 1928 short story | instance of | appearing in works | 0.80 | text |
| opium addiction | instance of | by Chinese science fiction writer Lao She portrays feline Martians overcome by vices | 0.80 | text |
| corruption as a vehicle for satire of contemporary Chinese society | instance of | by Chinese science fiction writer Lao She portrays feline Martians overcome by vices | 0.80 | text |
| lichens | instance of | Other novels of the 1950s likewise limited themselves to rudimentary lifeforms | 0.80 | text |
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