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A review by sfian
Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet by Mike Ashley
5.0
A nice little collection of stories that does exactly what it says on the tin - provides a representation of stories set on or about Mars, written during the Golden Age of SF (and a bit beyond...)
It's hard to criticise the selection without knowing what else is out there, and I can't think of any other stories I would have added. Personal favourites are Bradbury's Ylla and Ballard's The Time-Tombs, but there wasn't one story I didn't enjoy (closest was The Great Sacrifice).
Mostly they are charming and perhaps a little ridiculous by modern standards, but none were difficult to read (unlike some if the novels from similar times that I have tried to read and found hard going.
Add in an introduction in the shape of a brief history of Martian fiction and this is a book I can see myself dipping into again.
It's hard to criticise the selection without knowing what else is out there, and I can't think of any other stories I would have added. Personal favourites are Bradbury's Ylla and Ballard's The Time-Tombs, but there wasn't one story I didn't enjoy (closest was The Great Sacrifice).
Mostly they are charming and perhaps a little ridiculous by modern standards, but none were difficult to read (unlike some if the novels from similar times that I have tried to read and found hard going.
Add in an introduction in the shape of a brief history of Martian fiction and this is a book I can see myself dipping into again.