Synopses & Reviews
Named after the Roman god of war (for its reddish color), Mars has long been an object of fascination for mankind -- the setting for numerous science fiction novels, and more recently, the target of robotic probes launched from Earth. For this informative coloring book, illustrator Bruce LaFontaine chronicles both factual as well as fantastic aspects of Mars. 44 dramatic, finely detailed ready-to-color illustrations depict a scene from Ray Bradbury's classic novel Martian Chronicles (1948); Hollywood's film version of Martian war machines in War of the Worlds (1953); Mars probes such as the Pathfinder/Sojourner (1997), and the Global surveyor currently orbiting and photographing Mars; the Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica in 1996; views of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos; and a fantasized transformation of Mars into an Earth-like planet by the year 2300 A.D. Informative captions accompany each illustration.
Synopsis
Fascinating book chronicles factual and fantastic aspects of Mars in 44 dramatic ready-to-color illustrations, among them a scene from Ray Bradbury's classic novel
Martian Chronicles; Hollywood's film versions of
War of the Worlds and
Invaders from Mars, views of the Mars probe Pathfinder/Sojourner (1997), the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, and much more. Informative captions.