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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Steve Hayes   wrote:   
   >On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:54:04 -0800, John Ames    
   >wrote:   
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   >>It'd be interesting to track the evolution of Mars in popular culture   
   >>over time, as the accuracy of our astronomical observations improved.   
   >>The "canals" were always a mistranslation from Schiaparelli's "canali,"   
   >>but I don't think the idea was conclusively debunked 'til the 1900s.   
   >>Nevertheless, Burroughs's Barsoom is a dying, desert world, and Welles   
   >>has implications of the same as the motive for his Martian invasion.   
   >   
   >It's been done for Venus:   
   >   
   >Aldiss, Brian (ed) 1971. Farewell, fantastic Venus. London:   
   >               Panther.   
   >                   Venus in science fiction & fantasy   
   >   
   >I tried to remove AUE from follow-ups, but something, possibly Eternal   
   >September, would not let me.   
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   >   
   >(follow-ups set)   
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   How many editions of the MArtian Chroniclaes exist?   
      
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