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136 pp.
| McElderry |
November, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-689-82048-8$$19.95
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4-6
The well-researched text provides a balanced mix of facts on important astronomers and entertaining Hollywood fiction about Martians. Unfortunately, the book starts to lean more toward science fiction, with much speculation on (and artistic renderings of) future conflicts among colonists on Mars. Those looking for Viking lander images and the recent Pathfinder-Sojourner photo mosaics will be disappointed. Bib., ind.