Mars in Science Fiction
The novels, films, TV series, and games that imagined Mars before we got there.
For All Mankind
An alternate history in which the Soviet Union lands on the Moon first. Later seasons depict a crewed…
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A city-building and survival game where players establish and manage a Mars colony, dealing with resource scarcity, dome…
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Matt Damon stars as Mark Watney in Ridley Scott's adaptation — one of the highest-grossing science fiction films…
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Set 200 years in the future, humanity has colonized Mars. Martian Congressional Republic citizens are a distinct culture…
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A generation ship travels to Tau Ceti, confronting the brutal physical and psychological realities of interstellar colonization. Robinson…
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Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after his crew evacuates during a dust storm. Using botany and…
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A teenage girl travels with her family to a Mars colony and discovers alien life. Hard SF with…
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A space station serves as a diplomatic hub in a complex interstellar civilization. Mars features as a restive,…
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The pioneering first-person shooter set on Mars's moons Phobos and Deimos, where a marine fights demonic forces unleashed…
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The first book of Robinson's landmark trilogy follows 100 colonists on Mars as they begin the centuries-long terraforming…
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A construction worker discovers he may be a secret agent and travels to a corporate-controlled Mars colony.
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A three-part miniseries adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic, starring Rock Hudson. Captures the elegiac tone of Bradbury's original…
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Valentine Michael Smith, raised by Martians, returns to Earth and transforms human society with Martian philosophy and culture.
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A satirical science fiction novel involving Mars, fate, and the meaninglessness of human endeavor — told through a…
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Linked stories depicting humanity's colonization of Mars — a meditation on nostalgia, colonialism, and the human tendency to…
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Two boys on Mars discover a conspiracy by the company that administers the colony. One of Heinlein's earliest…
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A future history of humanity spanning two billion years, including periods when humanity is forced to adapt to…
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Confederate soldier John Carter is mysteriously transported to Mars where his Earth physiology gives him superhuman strength in…
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Martians invade England with devastating war machines. Humanity's defenses prove useless; the invaders are defeated by Earth's microorganisms.
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