Adrian Hon (editor of New Mars) has just returned from Washington DC. That’d explain all the new articles then… Also, check out our plans for the New Mars project First Words in the forums.
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For the most part, the non-fiction books New Mars reviews have a general interest ‘coffee table’ format. Mapping Mars by Oliver Morton represents a different type of book - no, it isn’t about maps of Mars - that explores the place that Mars inhabits in our culture, both in the past and the present. While not ignoring the great role that science has had in shaping our perceptions of Mars, it covers the influence made by artists, philosophers and poets. Stuart Atkinson reviews Mapping Mars and investigates whether it has anything truly original to offer to the over-saturated Mars non-fiction field.
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The Mars Society’s annual convention represents the high point of the year for a worldwide community of members, meeting to discuss the latest developments in Mars-related science, public and political outreach, education and the arts. Patrick Banks writes a retrospective of the Mars Society after it returned once again to Boulder, Colorado for its fifth convention in August.
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