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... Martian " is often equated with " alien , " since many of the most successful early alien stories focus on Martians : War of the Worlds is the most famous , although Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars novels come in a close second . Robinson's ...
... Martian " is often equated with " alien , " since many of the most successful early alien stories focus on Martians : War of the Worlds is the most famous , although Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars novels come in a close second . Robinson's ...
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... Martians , she is symbolic mother to all of them . Early on she speaks of " a new Martian way , a way never seen on Earth ... we can never go back . We must go forward " ( RM 230 ) . Hiroko is at the origin of many - if not all - of the ...
... Martians , she is symbolic mother to all of them . Early on she speaks of " a new Martian way , a way never seen on Earth ... we can never go back . We must go forward " ( RM 230 ) . Hiroko is at the origin of many - if not all - of the ...
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... Martians in Robinson's trilogy . Even the Japanese name for Mars , Kasei or " fire star " ( GM 420 ) , serves to unite them with the Martians , for the " little red men , " Mars's imaginary native race , are said to call their own ...
... Martians in Robinson's trilogy . Even the Japanese name for Mars , Kasei or " fire star " ( GM 420 ) , serves to unite them with the Martians , for the " little red men , " Mars's imaginary native race , are said to call their own ...
Contents
Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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