Mars in fiction from his home planet, often invading Earth, but sometimes simply a lonely character representing alienness from his surroundings. Martians, other than human beings transplanted to Mars, became rare in fiction after Mariner, except in exercises of deliberate nostalgia – more frequently in some genres, such as comics and animation, than in written literature. Mars in fiction Fictional representations of Mars have been popular for over a century. Interest in Mars has been stimulated by the planet's dramatic red color, by early scientific speculations that its surface conditions might be capable of supporting life, and by the possibility that Mars could
Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham. It was first published in 1936 as "Planet Plane" (Newnes Limited, London), then serialised in "The Passing Show" as "Stowaway to Mars" and again in 1937 in "Modern Wonder" magazine as "The Space Machine". The novel was written under one of Wyndham's early pen names, John Beynon. It was published by Coronet Books in 1972 as ""Stowaway to Mars" by John Wyndham". . Reviewer Groff Conklin described the first American edition as "an interesting adventure story." The title novella of the collection "Sleepers of Mars" was