{"id":475,"date":"2008-05-23T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=475"},"modified":"2008-05-23T12:00:33","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T19:00:33","slug":"pulpdoms-next-stop-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2008\/05\/23\/pulpdoms-next-stop-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulpdom\u2019s next stop: Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m constantly surprised by how often you can find a pulp connection in the oddest places.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, May 25, the Phoenix lander<\/a> will (hopefully<\/a>) touchdown near the north pole of Mars. In addition to the requisite scientific gadgets, onboard will be an archival mini-DVD put together by the Planetary Society<\/a>. It\u2019s made of silica glass and, as the society\u2019s Web site says, the Phoenix DVD<\/a> is \u201cdesigned to last hundreds if not thousands of years into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Astounding
Astounding Science Fiction, September 1954<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Contained within the disc are video messages from a variety of notables including Carl Sagan<\/strong> and Arthur C. Clarke<\/a>. There also are samples of how popular culture has depicted the Red Planet, including collections of vintage radio shows, Mars artwork and stories.<\/p>\n

The pulp magazines played a significant role in the development of science fiction<\/a> (in fact, the term was coined in them). Naturally, the pulps are well represented on the DVD.<\/p>\n

In the artwork and stories categories, you\u2019ll see numerous names that you\u2019ll recognize from the pulps, including fictioneers Leigh Brackett<\/a>, August Derleth<\/a>, C.L. Moore<\/a>, Otis Adelbert Kline<\/a>, Theodore Sturgeon<\/a> and Jack Williamson<\/a>, and artists Frank R. Paul<\/a> and Ed Emshwiller<\/a>. (Oh, and one of this year\u2019s PulpCon guests of honor, Larry Niven<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Among the specific works included on the DVD are:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Allen Anderson<\/a>\u2019s illustration for Leigh Brackett<\/a>\u2019s Queen of the Martian Catacombs<\/em>, which appeared in the Summer 1949 number of Planet Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Kelly Freas<\/a>\u2019s cover from the September 1954 number of Astounding Science Fiction<\/em><\/a> illustrating Fredric Brown<\/a>\u2019s Martians, Go Home!<\/em> and featuring the quintessential little green man (above, left).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fredric Brown\u2019s story The Last Martian<\/em>, which appeared in Galaxy<\/em><\/a> in October 1950.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0An excerpt of A Princess of Mars<\/em> by Edgar Rice Burroughs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for certain: If the spacecraft lands safely, the Phoenix DVD will last a lot longer than the crumbling, yellowed pages honored on it.<\/p>\n

– William<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> The Phoenix craft<\/a>, with the DVD, landed safely on Mars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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