| 单词 | Martian |
| 例句 | The next major storm would cause the Great Martian Potato Migration. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mars could do nothing to them, for they were bred to plains and prairies as open as the Martian fields. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the rocket in four directions spread the little town, green and motionless in the Martian spring. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As the broadcast continued, the inquiries became more fearful and mentioned Martian heat-ray attacks, explosions, and mass casualties. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Name of the gods!” said the Martian in his own tongue. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the immense blue Martian sky was hot and still as a warm deep sea water. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny amount of Martian atmosphere that enters when I use an airlock is laughable. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Stark and silent, lay the Martians,” Pierson says, "with the hungry birds pecking and tearing brown shreds of flesh from their dead bodies.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The Martian tried again and again to get hold of the cup, but could not. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Might Martian microorganisms returned to Earth pose a public health hazard? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s alive!” protested the Martian, laughing more now. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He had broken the glass from some old Martian buildings in the hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see stars flickering like violet eyes in the Martians stomach and chest, and through his wrists, like jewelry. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Other events of the four-day festivities included an alien invader costume contest, a Martian panic bike race, and an alien attack reenactment. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In this photo, area resident William Dock pretends to defend himself from the Martians. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Within a week, the Martian soil will be ready for plants to germinate in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled into a little dead Martian town, stopped the engine, and let the silence come in around him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z You need to be able to get people out without exposing them to the Martian atmosphere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was interested in the pictures of the bare landscape, wondering what the Martian weather conditions were like and if life might ever have existed there. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Wells explained that the Martians nourished themselves by injecting a victim’s blood directly into their veins. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The Martian touched his own nose and bps. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The couple was sure that the Martians would soon land in Wisconsin. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z When each of the two Viking orbiter-lander combinations was inserted into Martian orbit, it was unalterably committed to landing at a certain latitude on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The artist was trying, I think, to illustrate dust and high winds: Mars 3 had entered the Martian atmosphere during an enormous global dust storm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was the place where Martians killed the first Earth Men, and it was Red Town and had to do with blood. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The troopers’ biggest challenge was calming people down and explaining that no meteors or Martians had fallen. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “We Martians are telepathic,” said the cold blue mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never mind. Let me ask you a question. How would you feel if you were a Martian and people came to your land and started tearing it up?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he ran outside to look for the Martian attack machines. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z A Martian, far cleverer, would say: ‘This is a fine picture. It came from the hand and the mind of a man inspired. Its idea and its color are from life. This thing is good.’ The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe,” said Spender, “I’ve been finding out things. What would you say if I said I’d found a Martian prowling around?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the articles under the headlines, thousands of Americans thought that Martians had invaded. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In a nod to the Martian broadcast, the main character played by Welles, Charles Foster Kane, says early in the movie, “Don't believe everything you hear on the radio.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Terrestrial soil is loaded with the organic remains of once-living organisms; Martian soil has less organic matter than the surface of the Moon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We had discovered with Mariner 9 that characteristic changes in the bright and dark patterns on the Martian surface occur during times of high winds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet few of the two thousand letters mention a person hysterical enough to escape the Martians by leaving his or her home. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It was a book of philosophy at least ten thousand years old he had found in one of the villas of a Martian valley town. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian heat ray sets fires near the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Starlight glittered on the spires of a little Martian town, no bigger than a game of chess, in the blue hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They followed him through three small Martian hill towns. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He got a head like a Martian—his head takes up about sixty percent of his natural body weight! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Martian walked down into camp and he’s here now.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But this is hardly a comprehensive explanation, and I have the nagging suspicion that some essential feature of the Martian canal problem still remains undiscovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cold again. Oddly. There was a thing to the light, to the hills, the road,” said the Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t answer ‘other,’ because that’s like being nothing, like maybe I could be Martian or something. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But having lost contact with NASA, I have to design my own Great Martian Winnebago to get there. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in the newspaper and said he had “touched” the UFO and that it was “covered in a strange Martian language that looked like chicken feet.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Newsflashes declared that Martians had defeated the military and taken over its bases. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Their anxiety grew when the Martians went on the move. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Because the Martian atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as the Earth’s, a very large parachute, eighteen meters in diameter, was deployed to slow the spacecraft as it entered the thin air of Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A Martian tripod on the move through the countryside. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Hello!” called the Martian in his own language. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Tomas raised his hand and thought Hello! automatically but did not move his lips, for this was a Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether or not Earth was the same was a matter for much silent debate for Hathaway and his family on the long Martian nights. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got some Cherokee blood in me. My grandfather told me lots of things about Oklahoma Territory. If there’s a Martian around, I’m all for him.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If only we’d given the Martians time to arrange their death robes, lie down, look fit, and think up some other excuse for dying. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I through you!” said the Martian, stepping back. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so cold when they first came from the rocket into the night that Spender began to gather the dry Martian wood and build a small fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z On a Saturday night in February 1949, Radio Quito announced a Martian invasion using the newsflash technique and local place names. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She decided she would draw a Martian, with a circle body, a circle mouth, two feet but no legs, and three eyes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, but the Martians are a dead race now,” said Mom. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like strangers. I don’t like Martians. I never seen one before. It ain’t natural. All these years you guys hide, and all of a sudden you pick on me. Leave me alone.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking their seats, they felt lucky to have beaten the mob that would follow once everyone learned about the Martian invasion. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Viking mission, which had been informally scheduled to set one of its two descent craft gently down on the Martian surface on the Bicentennial of the United States, July 4, 1976. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nineteen Martian machines stand in a line, their metal arms dangling. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z We might even imagine a kind of Martian Johnny Appleseed, robot or human, roaming the frozen polar wastes in an endeavor that benefits only the generations of humans to come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Police didn't arrive right away because they had gone to the supposed site of the Martian landing outside the city. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It's been a week, and the former Martian soil is rich and lovely. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard Mike say good night and did not answer, but fixed his eyes upon the two-story building where rambling clusters of crimson Martian flowers lay upon the high crystal roof. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Or we provide our own radioactively labeled gases and see if they are converted into organic matter, in which case small Martians are inferred. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After landing, Mars 3 may have made a few bounces, hit a boulder or other example of Martian relief, tipped over, lost the radio link with its carrier “bus” and failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z LEFT: Martian fighting machine from the 1906 edition of Wells’s novel. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She looked at me all wide-eyed, like I was a Martian right off of a spaceship. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sometime during the night, perhaps, my brother here on this bed will change form, melt, shift, and become another thing, a terrible thing, a Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martians were there—in the canal—reflected in the water. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The other boys were already engaged making shelves of their small hands and peering under them toward the seven-foot stone banks of the canal, watching for Martians. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember how the MAV made its own fuel with help from the Martian atmosphere? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of the three microbiology experiments asked a different kind of question, but in all cases a question about Martian metabolism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he spots the shining top of a Martian tripod ahead. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Something different?” said the Martian, eying him and the coffee, referring to them both, perhaps. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian closed his eyes and opened them again. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Lowell’s Martians were benign and hopeful, even a little godlike, very different from the malevolent menace posed by Wells and Welles in The War of the Worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian surface exhibits many impact craters, each named after a person, usually a scientist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martians of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, preoccupied with the suppression of Bournemouth and Jersey City, never noticed until too late that their immunological defenses were unavailing against the microbes of Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of communication and temperature constraints, Viking could not land at high Martian latitudes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If Europeans and Americans could perform such feats, why not Martians? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “When do we see the Martians?” cried Michael. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad shuffled his feet in a clutter of Martian pebbles and agreed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Phobos is ridiculously close to Mars, it orbits the planet in less than one Martian day. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps then it might be understood why this small Martian town is abandoned. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chances are a few of the Martians, if they were smart, escaped to the mountains. But there aren’t enough, I’ll lay you money, to be a native problem. This planet is through.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian was silent, but then he looked on ahead. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “And all these things from Earth will be gone long before the old Martian towns.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did a fictional Martian invasion scare so many people? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The graphic part in which people trample each other escaping the Martians would have to be cut. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The success of the Wolf Trap required that Martian bugs like liquid water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But except for one or two enigmatic features, nothing of the sort is apparent in the exquisite profusion of Martian surface detail uncovered by unmanned spacecraft. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But for people who were unaware of that view, the reports about the mysterious planet kept alive the possibility that Martians existed. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I’m the last Martian,” said the man, taking out a gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Spender led him over into a little Martian village built all of cool perfect marble. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She traded with Sherm Russo, who sat to her left, and watched his eyes go straight to the Martian with the red circle around it and the teacher’s threat about taking off points. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “One day, a wise Martian come down to Earth to teach us people a thing or two,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z What if the Martians took the memories of a town exclusively from my mind? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam Parkhill motioned with the broom, sweeping away the blue Martian sand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z His face looked like one of those fallen Martian cities, caved in, sucked dry, almost dead. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Positive results in Martian microbiology were achieved in seven different samplings in two locales on Mars separated by 5,000 kilometers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ozone abundance is so small that germicidal ultraviolet radiation from the Sun strikes the Martian surface unimpeded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Believing the outage was evidence of the Martian invasion, some townspeople packed up their families to escape into the mountains. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But two Martians, incredibly brilliant, with the ability to keep me under this dreaming hypnosis all of the time. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You misunderstand, catch!” said the Martian, and tossed it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian mountains lay all around, millions of years old. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why?” she asked slowly, fascinated with the Martian vessels. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, what would the best weapon be that a Martian could use against Earth Men with atomic weapons? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martians use a heat ray to destroy everything in their path. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z As the Martian invasion continued, they became more frightened. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Pick up your gun,” said the Martians in chorus. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The only things he could use were the Martians’ physical appearance and their weapons. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Green shows up extremely well against the Martian terrain. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They had found an ancient Martian tomb yard. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t many Martians left on Mars—one hundred, one hundred and fifty, all told. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mars stood still as the majestic vessels of the Martians drew around and hesitated over him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Inspired by the new idea of germ theory, Wells imagined microbes killing off his Martians. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If Martians attacked and carried out that much destruction, she reasoned, they’d create “so much static that a radio program could not even be heard.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Many hours had gone by since the Martian cylinder first landed in Grovers Mill. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Very little effort was made to calibrate the experiments with plausible inorganic Martian surface materials. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the background, church bells toll, warning the public to evacuate because the Martians are coming. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z A man told a New York City operator that people were planning to kill their children before the Martians could get them. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z "Hermes isn't going into Martian orbit. If they did, they wouldn't be able to get back. They need their velocity for the return trajectory." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But then finally the window of the spaceship slowly retracted to reveal, instead of a Martian inside, Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The first picture taken by the Viking 1 lander was of one of its own footpads—in case it were to sink into Martian quicksand, we wanted to know about it before the spacecraft disappeared. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only one thing that could have made this night any worse—face time with My Favorite Martian. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “And I, on the other hand,” said the Martian, “cannot see what you describe. Well.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If that man can produce little blue fire women and that woman there melt into a pillar, how natural if normal Martians think we produce our rocket ship with our minds.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z After three years of calculation, he believed he had found the correct values for a Martian circular orbit, which matched ten of Tycho’s observations within two minutes of arc. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never spoken Martian to someone and had them give me the look that could only be given to a Martian. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A few people even imagined they smelled poison smoke and saw fire caused by the Martians’ heat ray. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He looked at the cool ice of the white Martian buildings over there on the empty sea lands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Orchids to you and razzberries to those presumably intelligent Americans who can’t take a joke when it’s on themselves….Yours until the Martians come.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z "Bob's got more to deal with than just Mars. Mindy's handling all the Martian satellites, and keeps them pointed at Mark." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, when gases from Earth were introduced into the Martian soil sample, the gases became chemically combined with the soil—almost as if there were photosynthesizing microbes, generating organic matter from atmospheric gases. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were those who thought that Vishniac would only drown the little Martians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars were bright and the blue Martian ships were skimming across the whispering sands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In general, the microbiology experiments were not carried out at the low ambient Martian temperatures, and most did not provide long incubation times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, that Martian picture writing, it wasn’t anything. Let it go!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no planet-wide storm when this spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere, and no reason to suspect a local storm, as sometimes happens, at the landing site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian bent to touch the cup but could not touch it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z This plaque at a park in Grovers Mill, New Jersey, marks the site of the imaginary Martian landing on October 30, 1938. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The rover heater is designed to heat air at one atmosphere, and the thin Martian air severely hampers its ability to work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the year, newspaper editors and press groups listed the Martian broadcast among 1938’s biggest news stories. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z This was too theatrical to be true, yet there they were: sudden apparitions, like Martians. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z What is necessary is a program of artificial selection and genetic engineering of dark plants—perhaps lichens—that could survive the much more severe Martian environment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martians stared back up at them for a long, long silent time from the rippling water.... The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The figures of the Martian ships receded and then began to pace Sam’s ship. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was like Cecile’s when we said things that made her think we were Martians, or at the very least, not her children. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Across the ancient sea floor a dozen tall, blue-sailed Martian sand ships floated, like blue ghosts, like blue smoke. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars were white and sharp beyond the flesh of the Martian, and they were sewn into his flesh like scintillas swallowed into the thin, phosphorescent membrane of a gelatinous sea fish. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If you were being tortured by Martians and the only thing that could save you was telling them my favorite color, you would die on the spot. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn; it’s Bobby in his Martian sweatshirt. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Lowell deduced that when the planet’s oceans dried up, the Martians built a system of canals thousands of miles long to move water from the polar ice caps to dry areas. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps there is an exotic inorganic chemistry in the Martian soil that is able by itself, in the absence of Martian microbes, to oxidize foodstuffs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little white silent town on the edge of the dead Martian sea. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Having no way to separate out the C02, the suit deliberately vented air to the Martian atmosphere, then backfilled with nitrogen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A bronze plaque at Grovers Mill marks the site of the imaginary Martian landing. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They were shocked when the Martians killed so many people. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They all made fairly strong assumptions about what Martian metabolism had to be like. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Martian desert lay broiling like a prehistoric mud pot, waves of heat rising and shimmering. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z How would you feel if a Martian vomited stale liquor on the White House floor?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let us agree to disagree,” said the Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Catch as catch can, finder’s keepers, if the other fellow turns his cheek slap it hard, etc “Well,” said Spender, “I’ve found a Martian.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, with each sandstorm comes the inevitable Cleaning of the Solar Cells, a time-honored tradition among hearty Martians such as myself. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the advantage of the Wolf Trap was that it laid no requirements on what the Martian microbes must do with their food. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Reports claimed that Adolf Hitler commented on the Martian panic in a speech. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z To the two Mercury partners, a Martian invasion was pure fiction. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Hundreds” of residents of Riverside Drive, on the west side of Manhattan, believed themselves to be in the path of the imaginary Martian tripods. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The picture built up, line by line, until with enormous relief we saw the footpad sitting high and dry above the Martian surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If we wish to return unsterilized Martian samples to Earth, we must have a containment procedure that is stupefyingly reliable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When a singer came on next, uninterested listeners twirled their dial to find an alternative...and tuned to The Mercury Theatre just as the Martian emerged from the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z As news broke that the Martians had reached the Midwest, the pranksters lit firecrackers in the basement and flicked off the electricity. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I want a city with Martians in it,” said Michael. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where are you from?” asked the Martian at last. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, the idea was to figure out how well things grow in Martian gravity, and see what, if anything, we can do with Martian soil. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t believe in brainy Martians, though he recognized the premise of a winning story. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It was like observing a Martian, or a particularly warty toad. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z First, when Martian soil was mixed with a sterile organic soup from Earth, something in the soil chemically broke down the soup—almost as if there were respiring microbes metabolizing a food package from Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The phones at the police department in Trenton, New Jersey, started ringing when the Martians began their annihilation. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The Martian rode his green metal vehicle quietly away into the hills, The Earth Man turned his truck and drove it silently in the opposite direction. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He had circled her threeeyed Martian and written No doodling on homework, please. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z How strange a vision was that, thought the Martian, rushing on, thinking of the festival, the canals, the boats, the women with golden eyes, and the songs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to a solitary Martian graveyard, a series of small hexagonal stones on a hill swept by the lonely wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, she showed her Martian to Tab and Emily, feeling shy. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When Welles was asked about Houseman during an interview in 1963, twenty-five years after the Martian broadcast, he refused to talk about his former friend. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If terrestrial microbes can survive the Martian environment, how much better Martian microbes, if they exist, must do on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1971, the Soviet Mars 3 spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Martians are invading! What do we do?” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z One day, the Martians landed a spaceship near London. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The next year, Bridge, Tab, and Emily were the set of fifth graders who drew creatures on their homework papers, and they drew the same things they had drawn before: bird, snake, and Martian. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Michael made a face like an ancient Martian stone image. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z By standing at the left side of the window and laying my cheek to the woodwork, I could see downtown to where the UN balanced itself in the dark, like a weird green Martian honeycomb. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Turns out, through a neat set of chemical reactions with the Martian atmosphere, for every kilogram of hydrogen you bring to Mars, you can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And he turned his head to look across the Martian fields and hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lowell Observatory, as you will recall, was a bit of an oddity thanks to Percival Lowell’s obsession with Martian canals, which in the 1910s made it, in every sense, an outpost of astronomical endeavor. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In the great Martian dust storm of 1971, spectral features of the dust were obtained by the Mariner 9 infrared spectrometer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After two cups of Martian coffee, I woke up a little. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the towers of the little clean Martian village, like sharply carved chess pieces lying in the afternoon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not that Lowell’s eye had strung up disconnected fine detail on the Martian surface into illusory straight lines. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she wanted to die that way rather than be killed by the Martians. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She itched to draw a small, round Martian in the upper left-hand comer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The boys would hike far out into the Martian country. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A local radio station invited them to be interviewed on October 28, two days before the Martian broadcast’s second anniversary. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In fact, within a week of the Martian invasion, the Campbell Soup Company offered to sponsor the series, moving it from Sunday to Friday evenings. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Thomas knew enough about science to realize that a Martian invasion couldn’t be true. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Dead Martians lie next to their abandoned tripod machines. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Look at her ears. They belong on a Martian.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You look like a regular Martian. Yellow eyes. Brown skin.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed it down with some Martian coffee. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “And these Martians are a found people?” inquired the captain. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Just suppose, now, that there were Martians living on Mars and they saw our ship coming and saw us inside our ship and hated us. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And wouldn’t it be horrible and terrifying to discover that all of this was part of some great clever plan by the Martians to divide and conquer us, and kill us? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Welles’s voice returns as Professor Pierson, recounting the days since the great Martian attack. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If we wish on Earth to examine samples of Martian soil for microbes, we must, of course, not sterilize the samples beforehand. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of destroying London and its suburbs, as the Martians did in the novel, Koch’s aliens would create mayhem in the New York City area. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Striding along the sidewalk under the Martian sun, tall, smiling, eyes amazingly clear and blue, came a young man of some twenty-six years. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z To test this question, many years ago my colleagues and I prepared chambers that simulated the Martian environment as it was then known, inoculated them with terrestrial microorganisms and waited to see if anybody survived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Wells envisioned the Martians setting their sights on their nearest neighbor, Earth, “a morning star of hope.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z So we bring food to Mars and hope that the Martians, if there are any, will find it tasty. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One student ran to warn the town of the Martian attack. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I see a lunch box. What do you see, a Martian?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those old Martians are just a lot of nonsense. It’s all too silly! We’re going to make fools of ourselves! Absolute fools!” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z "Certainly the most watched by NASA. We have all twelve of our Martian satellites taking pictures whenever his site's in view. The European Space Agency has both of theirs doing the same." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He has seen the Martians feed on humans, and he has hidden to survive. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “It sounds as if the Martians were quite naive.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the fair, brownish skin of the true Martian, the yellow coin eyes, the soft musical voices. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In honor of his script, the community made Koch the Grand Marshall of the Martian Parade, the highlight of the War of the Worlds anniversary celebration. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Now I’m going to show you the Martians,” said Dad. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the design of space missions is finalized many years before launch, and because of Vishniac’s death, the results of his Antarctic experiments did not influence the Viking design for seeking Martian life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the other three experiments also chose to send food to the Martians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In one South Dakota community, however, the local operator believed the Martians had invaded. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Now he looked at the Martian against the sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Abundant surface liquid water earlier in Martian history suggests that conditions for life were once more favorable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Who gone tell him the story a the Green Martian Luther King? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Together, they will gain control of the fighting machines, defeat the Martians, and take over the world. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “And you’re friends with him?” asked Tyler, looking at me like I was a Martian. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z They looked with fervent anticipation, and the dead city lay dead for them alone, drowsing in a hot silence of summer made on Mars by a Martian weatherman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We deboosted from orbit and entered the Martian atmosphere sixteen days later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps there is something particularly dangerous about the Martian surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Martian samples can be safely returned to Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make out Cutie’s large, gleaming figure at the Martian L-tube, watching closely as the team of robots worked in close-knit unison. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It also seems remarkable that the Martians should have tumbled independently to the Latin alphabet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her staff planned the best way to replicate the opening of the Martian spaceship in Grovers Mill, the bomber planes, a roaring cannon, and the gassing of New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z People have speculated on how to make crop soil out of Martian dirt for decades. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What she wanted, she said, was “to have the liberty to really create my own Martian colony.” Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Seated around a table littered with ashtrays, she and Martians, 26, both wore shirts emblazoned with their band's name — byproducts, the producer said, of his aborted stint in design school. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z After “Ego Death,” Lacy began working on his own music, encouraged by Syd and Matt Martians of the Internet. Steve Lacy Is Right on Time 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z General Marvin — who managed to knock out one of the Martians’ fighting machines in the original novel — has built on his popularity to become the right-wing leader of England. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Bradbury, author of the classic works Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles and hundreds of short stories, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Ray Bradbury's influence on our culture was transformative, says Barack Obama 2012-06-07T10:32:00Z Bradbury broke through in 1950 with “The Martian Chronicles,” a series of intertwined stories that satirized capitalism, racism and superpower tensions as it portrayed Earth colonizers destroying an idyllic Martian civilization. ‘Fahrenheit 451′ Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:50:36Z “They were told on the radio that the Martians were coming, the Martians were coming!” Bill Herz, Last of ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast Crew, Dies at 99 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Puck is a relatively innocuous figure in the film, and Tucci plays him as something like a Martian, but with tiny horns. Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Later that year Welles broadcast his radio adaptation of HG Wells' The War of the Worlds, famously believed by some listeners to be an actual report of a Martian invasion. 'Lost' Orson Welles short recovered 2013-08-08T13:25:23Z There’s even another holiday movie in the rankings called Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Kirk Cameron's 'Saving Christmas' Voted Worst Movie Ever at IMDB 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z It involves mining silicon dioxide for the manufacture of microprocessors that will be combined with a deadly Martian pathogen called M. thanatobacillus to create "a new cybernetic life-form." 'The Four Fingers of Death': Rick Moody's sendup of sci-fi, horror movies, duct tape and the decline of the U.S. 2010-07-29T20:20:00Z At The Martian premiere on 11 September, Toronto International film festival audiences cheered Scott’s latest venture into science fiction as a return to form, although a Guardian review was more sober in its response. Prometheus sequel to be shot in Australia or Canada, says Ridley Scott 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The Martian is not just a marvelous comeback – it’s one of the most purely enjoyable films Scott’s ever made. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z It's about that sidelong, Martian view of the world. Mark Haddon: 'What I love about theatre is that it's like being a kid again' | Interview 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z "The Martian Chronicles" has been published in more than 30 languages, was made into a TV miniseries and inspired a computer game. Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies 2012-06-06T15:02:47Z So I rented Ridley Scott’s excellent “The Martian,” and lost myself in Matt Damon’s wry and moving performance until… boom, “Life on Mars,” is played on the soundtrack. Is there life after “Life on Mars?”: David Bowie’s death has made this ubiquitous song so painful to hear 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The Martian” is closer to classically optimistic science fiction than the dystopian works that have crowded the genre of late. ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Brings His Nerd Thriller Into the Mainstream 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps there is a million-year-old spaceship buried in the Campsies with a couple of spacemen strapped in waiting for their Martian chums to come and find them, like Stephen King's Tommyknockers. If only a Scotsman had boldly gone… 2013-07-13T23:05:54Z A Martian exploring an earth dwelling in the 1953 film of The War of the Worlds. Summer voyages: The War of the Worlds by HG Wells 2013-07-26T10:50:02Z Tom Petty’s music has always sounded like open desert highway — what even a Martian would recognize as “America,” expressed with both wariness and enthusiasm. Tom Petty, Classic Rocker? Sure. And Weird Video Star, Too. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z For "The Martian," I was thinking about, and not for book purposes, how are we going to put humans on Mars? "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Your last story in the magazine, “Invasion of the Martians,” seemed to have a special relevance to the times we were living in and through. This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover on Our National Disdain for the “Intellectual” 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Well, its vision of the Earth invaded by Martians is exciting and awe-inspiring, but its analysis of human behaviour in this sudden crisis is anything but cosy. What's wrong with a little escapism in art? | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-26T11:04:00Z It was enough of a head-scratcher that The Martian got nominated as best picture in the comedy/musical category, but for it to win in this list, is a coup. Golden Globes 2016: just rewards for The Revenant – and an incredible coup for The Martian 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z She is not Stephen Hawking, but a Martian, sending postcards to the future. Poem of the week: What mystery pervades a well! by Emily Dickinson 2010-10-04T09:21:00Z The Great Martian War This new import —an allegorical reimagining of the First World War — has humans waging a catastrophic battle against a race of extraterrestrials. Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'Crossbones' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Fox will release "The Martian" on Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving. 'The Martian' trailer: Matt Damon is lost in space (again) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Wells’s 1898 War of the Worlds, widely hailed as an exemplar of the genre, gave us terrifying Martian invaders and their tripodal death machines. Why Aliens Are So Important to 'Star Trek' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He may as well be speaking a Martian language. Review: In 'Keanu,' Key and Peele Let a Cat Steal the Show 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Globe voters are also notoriously quirky; this year, for instance, they rather bizarrely classified “The Martian” as a comedy. At the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais Holds Nothing Back 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” to join a fight for survival after a Martian invasion in an interactive experience featuring theater and virtual reality and holograms. Mars invades: Jeff Wayne's 'The War of the Worlds' goes interactive 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z A companion volume for a Martian exploration show opening Oct. Architectural Feats in Inhospitable Spots 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Further west, at Noboribetsu’s “Hell Valley”, the landscape turned Martian, with steaming red sands and boiling brooks. We're going on a bear hunt … in Hokkaido, Japan 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Six films joined “The Revenant” and “Fury Road” as nominees for Hollywood’s top prize: “Bridge of Spies,” “Spotlight,” “The Big Short” “The Martian,” “Brooklyn” and “Room.” Oscar Nominations 2016 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Instead, The Martian’s world premiere will be in Toronto. Toronto international film festival: the early lineup's big surprises 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Even his masterpiece, The Martian Chronicles, was a set of linked tales. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground 2012-06-06T17:50:51Z The Martian Left for dead on the red planet, Matt Damon’s stranded Nasa scientist is surely the loneliest person in movie history, but does he sit around and mope? From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z A Martian city could be imagined as a lush green place, with hydroponics and soil-bound crops filling tunnels, carpeting domed craters and growing away in every unused corner. Could we feed a city on Mars? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and, in uncanny detail, the high-tech, book-burning future of "Fahrenheit 451," has died. ‘Fahrenheit 451′ Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:50:36Z Martians quickly took her under his wing, promising to help her find her sound. The New Face of Rap: Young, Female and Ready to Blog 2012-05-30T10:45:30Z It was 120 years ago that H. G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds,” about a Martian invasion of Earth, appeared as a magazine serial. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Sequel to ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z If you loved “The Martian,” you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest. 10 books to read in May 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Weir started posting free chapters of “The Martian” on his website. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The Martian is released on 30 September in the UK and Australia, and on 2 October in the US. Ridley Scott: 'I knew there was water on Mars months ago' 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z But the landing vehicle and the rover and the high-tech Martian barracks are all things that could exist now–if we had made Mars a real priority. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z After its release in 2014, “The Martian” sold some five million copies in North America. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z And, oh, the constant catastrophes: gales and avalanches, comets and Martians, jungle infestations and premature winters. Dreamy Collections of Little Nemo and Moomin 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z They went to see the movie “The Martian” for their third date, and got the first kiss out of the way in front of Innovation Luggage on 42nd Street. A Burlesque Reveals More Than Expected 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z In a musical era defined by post-punk's minimalism and deconstructionism, a sprawling concept album based on a Victorian novel about a Martian invasion of Earth appeared a gargantuan folly. The War of the Worlds – review 2012-12-16T18:00:04Z A producer and multi-instrumentalist, Martians is half of the Internet, the adventurous R&B group that began as an offshoot of the cheerfully anarchic Los Angeles hip-hop collective Odd Future. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z “I can play a Martian without having ever been there.” Jon Stewart Tells Maziar Bahari’s Story With ‘Rosewater’ 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z A detached, almost "Martian School" style of observation braces the fatherly tenderness. Poem of the week: Boy Soldier by Fred D'Aguiar 2013-05-27T07:00:02Z They went out to dinner and then saw the film “The Martian.” Finding Each Other in the Place They Had Always Been 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z To acclimate fliers, G-Force One starts with gentle parabolas that offer Martian gravity, at one-third body weight on Earth, and lunar gravity, at one-sixth. Space tourism will surely be a blast, but can it also improve life on Earth? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z A Martian would probably have a different name for earth. Poet Nikki Giovanni shares her wisdom about Biden, cowardly racism, and why love is a pineapple 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z And in “The Martian,” Matt Damon is stuck on Mars. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Salt Fat Acid Heat’ and ‘The Martian’ 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Related: Golden Globes 2016: DiCaprio, Lawrence, the Martian and the Revenant win top awards – as it happened But back to The Revenant, a beautifully made and viscerally powerful film. Golden Globes 2016: just rewards for The Revenant – and an incredible coup for The Martian 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Hands down, “The Martian” is “the funniest, loosest and most optimistic of the group, at once an ode to far-out adventuring and to terra-firma home,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Saturday 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Yes, I'm talking about the path of destruction wreaked by the Martians in HG Wells's War of the Worlds. Summer voyages: The War of the Worlds by HG Wells 2013-07-26T10:50:02Z Unfortunately, the process reveals that he is really a secret agent with a history of Martian missions. Worst holidays in cinema – ranked! 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z This weekend offers, on Sunday at noon, “Alienne: The Musical Adventures of My Little Martian,” a show about a teenager from Mars who would really like to be an Earth girl. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 15-21 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Science fiction writer Andy Weir, author of “The Martian” and “Project Hail Mary,” is dubious about the scale of the undertaking. Imagining a five-star hotel among the stars 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The 33 was bested by The Martian, which, in its seventh weekend, earned $6.7 million for fourth place. James Bond Lives Another Day at Top of Box Office 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z “Survive” has become a larger cultural phenomenon in the years since its release, reinterpreted by numerous artists, and appearing over the closing credits of the Oscar-nominated 2015 film “The Martian.” ‘I Will Survive,’ ‘Piano Man’ and other recordings will be preserved forever 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z But “The Martian” is just so scientifically accurate, and it tells this story of what we’re on the cusp of — not just Americans, humanity. Cal Ripken’s favorite baseball movie, and 24 others on the best film about their profession 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Meanwhile a third populist story about a man battling harsh nature and hostile adversaries - sci-fi yarn The Martian – came in third with 10. Oscar nominations 2016: The Revenant leads field, Mad Max in second place 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Sometimes they melt – the Martian in the story of that name dissolves, like the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz one of Bradbury's influences. Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America 2012-06-08T21:55:20Z The French seismometer was placed directly on the Martian surface in December, a few weeks after the spacecraft landed. NASA lander detects its first ‘marsquake’ on the Red Planet 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z A good chunk of it lies within the 750,000-acre Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve — a Martian landscape of jagged volcanic rock and hidden crags known to swallow sheep whole. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z I felt like I was a Martian stepping on earth. In ‘My Unorthodox Life,’ Julia Haart Bares More Than Just Her Knees 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Leopold: You had people calling our committee room on a daily basis — on an hourly basis — floating Watergate theories and complaining about everything from whether they were getting their Social Security checks to Martians. What it was like to be 18 and investigating the president during the summer of Watergate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z In a playful finale inspired by the Martian meteorite of the work’s title, players used intricate four-mallet techniques to produce buoyant flurries on bongos, glockenspiel and more. Music Review: Glass Farm Ensemble Plays John Cage at Symphony Space 2012-06-17T22:14:35Z Despite Mr. Damon’s bad luck with poor edits, a spur-of-the-moment good one led to a particularly memorable scene in “The Martian.” Matt Damon: You Could Call Him Down to Earth 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Weir was a software engineer who published “The Martian” in installments on his website. Andy Weir's follow-up to 'The Martian', 'Artemis,' is coming in November, and a movie is already in the works 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Will win: The Big Short Should win: The Martian Best director Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Matt Martians, also of Odd Future and of the Jet Age of Tomorrow, and the two began swapping compositions. Review: The Serene, Funk-Drenched Sound of the Internet’s “Hive Mind” 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Much like the Red Planet of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, Carpathia is revealing itself as a place where the past haunts the present. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-02-21T08:00:01Z You can show that to a Martian and he’d wipe the water from his mouth. Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z And, accordingly, some have found fault with The Martian. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Likely major nominations: Animated feature, screenplay The Martian Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z A fuzzy, freckled gull chick emerged from a bayberry bush, stared curiously at me as if it had spotted a Martian, and then waddled back to its hiding place. Where the Crowds Are Gulls and Crabs 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Unless you're a Martian – or an MP! – you'll know that I'm now out of the jungle, dreadfully weak, of course, but just raring to go home to mid-Bedfordshire and work my socks off. Strewth, I'm a Celebrity was tough. Strictly next! 2012-11-22T19:00:01Z Related: Golden Globes 2016: 10 things we learned Spotlight, The Big Short and The Martian, are all still considered formidable competition to The Revenant. Oscars 2016: what will lead the nominations and who will surprise? 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The Martian” With its red-rock buttes and mesas, Ridley Scott’s deeply satisfying space western both draws from an enduring genre and his own Pantheon legacy. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z "They thought I was a Martian," she says now. British artists flock to set up home in liberating Berlin 2011-03-16T23:30:01Z This year, anticipation is high for Ridley Scott’s The Martian, with Interstellar star Matt Damon awaiting space rescue by Chiwetel Ejiofor. As the Toronto film festival turns 40, directors seek to avert mid-life crisis 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The Martian” has sweep but not the vanity that creeps into many large productions, turning them into bloated vehicles for directorial self-aggrandizement. Review: In ‘The Martian,’ Marooned but Not Alone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Martians are not going to get their water by importing hydrazine from Earth and burning it with precious cabin oxygen, they are going to bake it out of the soil. How scientifically accurate is The Martian? 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z More from Home and Garden: In ‘The Martian,’ finally a botanist in space — but without seeds? The race to save sweet basil 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z A film adaptation from the producers and screenwriter who made “The Martian” is underway, with Ryan Gosling signed on to play Grace. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The Martian was narrowly voted in as a comedy by a Globes eligibility committee in December. Golden Globes change comedy rules after controversial win for The Martian 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The Guardian compared the briefly seen Martian to an “olive with cellulitis.” ‘War of the Worlds’ Shape-Shifts Onto the London Stage 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z A Message from Mars follows the story of a Martian, who is sent to Earth as a punishment for misbehaving. First UK sci-fi film re-released 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z In The Martian, viewers get down to bone. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “Approaching the Unknown” can’t avoid comparisons with “The Martian” from last fall. Review: In ‘Approaching the Unknown,’ Mark Strong Trades Earth for Mars 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The new releases’ failure to hit double digits cleared the way for holdovers like The Martian to once again top the box office. Our Brand Is Crisis Gives Sandra Bullock Worst Opening Weekend 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Eighty years after the infamous radio broadcast reportedly sparked mass panic that the Martian invasion was real, a major retelling of HG Wells’s sci-fi classic lands. The 10 best new TV dramas coming this autumn 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z At the Oscars, bits by the host, Chris Rock, in which he was inserted into nominated films like “The Martian” were among the highlights of a much-criticized ceremony. Chris Rock to Talk With J.J. Abrams at Tribeca Film Festival 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z After mocking space film The Martian for being nominated for best comedy rather than best drama, Gervais called Damon the “only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to.” Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z The Martian is undeniably a thrilling one; making the journey for real would be a far grander thing. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z His short story “A Martian Odyssey” may read a little awkwardly in places due to its pulp nature — it was published in 1934 in Wonder Stories magazine — but it changed the science fiction field. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z On their three-month trip, however, they discover the Martian women are less interested in their bodies than their flesh. Cannibal Women of Mars – review 2013-07-11T17:57:00Z More than 60 places were considered by mission staff, a list from which Gale Crater – near the Martian equator – was eventually selected. Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z Movies that people didn’t think would be in the running, that seemed way too un-Oscary, are solid contenders in the race — to wit, “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Martian.” Golden Globe Awards Parties Off to a Cold, Rainy Start 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z That’s exactly how Ridley Scott exercises his authority on “The Martian.” What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Last year, the Academy proved its not immune to rewarding hugely commercial fare, granted the films are as well liked as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian. And the Oscar might go to: the sure bets and underdogs critics have already seen 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z It really is the most lame and unthought-through script; family comedies about Martians don't need to be plausible exactly, but they need to be smart and entertaining. Mars Needs Moms ? review 2011-04-07T21:10:00Z The festival has previously been home to world premieres for major awards contenders, including Silver Linings Playbook, The Martian and The Theory of Everything. Oscar race heats up as star-studded Toronto film festival begins 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Why, oh why, are the Martians kidnapping mothers, you ask? Mars Needs Moms ? review 2011-04-07T21:10:00Z These are the books that I predict will be read in 2114—on Mars, perhaps, by whatever creatures produced that recent puff of Martian methane, as a record of what earthly hearts contained. Nine Great Poetry Books of 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z He recorded a solo album, Music for Heavenly Bodies, with his electro-theremin, and provided sound effects to several interstellar TV series, including Lost In Space and My Favorite Martian. Good Vibrations musician dies at 95 2013-02-06T17:36:13Z Even The Martian was a deceptively titled tale of human ingenuity. Lights, camera, aliens … what we’ll be talking about at the movies next year 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z But in the early days of MTV, Mr. Petty was the Martian. Tom Petty, Classic Rocker? Sure. And Weird Video Star, Too. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z He’s adrift in the service of The Martian, Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s best-selling science fiction novel. The Martian: Matt Damon gets spaced out in Ridley Scott's isolation thriller 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The Martian is out in the US beginning 2 October, and in the UK beginning 30 November. Matt Damon: 'You're a better actor the less people know about you' 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z When he got the idea for “The Martian” in 2009, Weir was living alone in Boston, working for a mobile game company. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z This animated feature from Malaysia envisions a rematch between Earthlings and Martians, setting the story in 1914 and giving it a steampunk aura. Movie Review: ‘War of the Worlds: Goliath,’ a Sci-Fi Battle Set in 1914 2014-03-06T22:29:37Z Howard claims he’s keeping Michelle imprisoned for her own good: The Russians—or maybe it’s Martians—have just dropped the big one, rendering the Earth’s surface uninhabitable for a year or two. Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane Is a Nonsequel That Delivers 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z I'm pulling for “The Martian” and for “Ready Player One” because I'm friends with the writers. Wil Wheaton, lifelong fan of PBS and libraries, has one book he can’t recommend 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Robinson often rooted his descriptions of Martian landscapes in his observations of the Sierra’s ethereal peaks, valleys and basins, sometimes repurposing notes from his hiking journals directly into his novels. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Mingled with the freak show was a generous stock of common sense, plus a measure of companionable cheer, and that Martian glare was readily supplanted by a grin. David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z A space western and a blissed-out cosmic high, “The Martian” stars Matt Damon as an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Review: In ‘The Martian,’ Marooned but Not Alone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Contestant Ben cited "The Martian Chronicles" for inspiration, Jonathan called his collection an "experimental study in volume," Mila was "inspired by shadows" and Amy said she embraced "photographic digital prints and pleating." 2010-02-12T23:07:00Z It wasn’t meant to be religious—Martians says both he and Syd “follow the moral basis of religion” without being particularly religious themselves. How a Band Called The Internet Became the Best Thing on the Internet 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z The Martian Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Anything seemed possible when he was on keyboards, conjuring squiggles, squirts, stutters and hiccups on Parliament's "Flash Light" that sounded like funk as if conceived by Martians. Bernie Worrell, masterful P-Funk keyboardist, dead at 72 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z In the 2015 film “The Martian,” China’s space agency helps save a astronaut, played by Matt Damon, who becomes stranded on Mars. NBA, 'South Park' episodes spotlight Hollywood's China dilemma 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Action films also featured prominently into the nominations, with The Martian director Ridley Scott going up against Mad Max: Fury Road’s George Miller. Carol leads 2016 Golden Globe nominations with five nods 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z "I mostly don't lose sleep when I'm making a film," said Scott, who already has moved on to his next project, the Matt Damon-starrer "The Martian," for Fox. Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' casts a wide net of spectacle and family 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Possibly because it has been so long in the writing, possibly because its author is based on a campus in Baltimore, Nights Out has a strangely Martian quality. Nights Out by Judith R Walkowitz - review 2012-05-18T08:00:04Z His classic collection of stories The Martian Chronicles, written in the 1940s, imagined man's experiences on Mars telepathic Martians who lived there. Curiosity Martian landing point named after Ray Bradbury 2012-08-23T12:05:05Z It is a dreamy, surreal parable set in Slab City, Calif., a desert campsite that looks like something between a trailer park and a Martian utopia. A Director Follows Acclaim for ‘Tangerine’ With a Film for Kenzo 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z A version of this review appears in print on March 7, 2014, on page C9 of the with the headline: Earthlings and Martians in a Rematch. Movie Review: ‘War of the Worlds: Goliath,’ a Sci-Fi Battle Set in 1914 2014-03-06T22:29:37Z It was clearly a Stars in their Eyes version of Matt Damon’s The Martian. The Martian lands in Marvel: the most brazen TV ripoffs of movies 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Only four Martian meteorite falls are known to have been witnessed, the last one in Nigeria in 1962. Martian meteorite contains pockets of the red planet's atmosphere 2012-02-08T17:40:12Z The Martian is actually Martin McDonagh, a playwright from the U.K. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z One of those Martian elephant eggs was a quite recent Disney film, one the studio and the rest of us have done a good job forgetting. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z Advertisement With “The Martian,” Mr. Damon is once again in the Oscar conversation. Matt Damon: You Could Call Him Down to Earth 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z But this is not “The Martian,” in which Matt Damon jury-rigged his way through hostile circumstances. ‘The Great Filter’ Review: Earth Men, Home Alone 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z And is anyone else, like me, plunging back in to Kim Stanley Robinson's epic Mars trilogy in a bid to satisfy their suddenly insatiable appetite for all things Martian? Mars in fiction: the best books 2012-08-10T14:30:02Z Now, the first trailer for Ridley Scott's sci-fi survival film "The Martian" finds Damon again in need of rescue, this time from the surface of Mars. 'The Martian' trailer: Matt Damon is lost in space (again) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Damon took the stage immediately after the joke to introduce The Martian but appeared to be reeling from the savage jab. Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a special preview of the upcoming movie The Martian this week. Astronauts Watch Sneak Peek of 'The Martian' While In Space 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The show’s designers say the outfits were inspired by the aquatic-looking costumes that early French filmmaker Georges Méliès used to depict Martians, but in rehearsals, the acrobats were dubious. Local man proved to his parents he could make the big leap to being a performer 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z At least as important as The Martian’s artistic merit is the moment in which it arrives. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Fox is rebooting the "Fantastic Four" franchise, followed by the young-adult sequel "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" and sci-fi drama "The Martian." Hollywood is on track for a record year, some analysts say 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Kinsley possesses what is probably the most envied journalistic voice of his generation: skeptical, friendly, possessed of an almost Martian intelligence. Review: Michael Kinsley, Bringing Boomers News From the Final Frontier 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Or “No, they’re not going to use those Martian chords, I better get rid of those and just put E, A and B in there. or else they’re going to fight it.” “Music is so abused these days”: XTC’s Andy Partridge opens up about songwriting, painting and developing the “cruel parent gene” toward your own art 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z But oops, Watney survives, and now must find a way to stay alive for more than 500 sols–or Martian days–before a crew can come back and save him. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z "All we have to do now is turn Belter, Martian and Earther into this," she says with a warm smile, adding, "This is how we win." "The Expanse" shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Martians agrees, saying he's "totally uninterested" in being recognized on the street. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Bradbury’s series of stories in “The Martian Chronicles” was a Cold War morality tale in which events on another planet served as a commentary on life on this planet. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z Once I wrote "The Martian" it became popular. "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Disney launched its quarter-billion-dollar Martian drama, , and saw it fizzle at the North American box office. The Lorax Aborts John Carter's Mission to Mars 2012-03-11T21:05:47Z If it sounds like the plot from Orson Welles’ infamous Martian invasion epic “War of the Worlds” — it is. Essential Art & Culture: The L.A. Phil at 100, Plácido's L.A. decades, getting funny with Shakespeare 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z But for a movie gleefully proclaimed a disaster, so many scenes fly through your consciousness like the gossamer Martian airships. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z It would be termed New Wave, and it was characterized by an insistence that speculative fiction doesn’t need to rely on laser blasters, one-eyed Martians, and sub-light engines to expand its imagination. The Anti-Tolkien 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z But more than the technologies themselves, it may be the mindset of building a Martian food system that will change how things are done here on Earth, where one-third of all food is thrown away. Could we feed a city on Mars? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Last year, he enticed in Magic Mike XXL and helped send Matt Damon home in The Martian. Donald Glover on Those Lando Calrissian and Spider-Man Rumors 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Tucked inside a former factory boiler room in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is a kitchen dedicated to the care and feeding of Martians — that is, Earthlings who might someday live in a colony on Mars. This Brooklyn kitchen offers the Earthbound a taste of outer space 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The one in her dream has green skin, huge teeth and long claws and looks like a cross between a medieval gargoyle and a ’50s sci-fi Martian. Spare Times: For Children, for July 13-19 2012-07-12T21:18:54Z “If the sound were to suddenly fail — or if the dialogue were dubbed into Martian — the impact of the performances would still be palpable,” A.O. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Lego Masters’ and ‘Expedition Unknown’ 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest Matt Damon in The Martian: ‘A tremendous example of effort and ingenuity and courage in the face of imminent death.’ Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z He encouraged me to dress up like a Martian, stand on a ladder and throw paint at a spinning canvas. David Bowie on His Favorite Artists 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The bodies and faces of the non-Thark Martians, by the way, are adorned with many such lines, though their blood is literally blue. Movie Review: ?John Carter,? With Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins 2012-03-08T23:03:00Z This provoked “a feeling of extreme insecurity,” von Neumann said, making him and his fellow Martians believe that they needed “to produce the unusual or face extinction.” ‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z There is uncertainty how much cosmic radiation reaches the Martian surface. Mars rover mission blasts off 2011-11-26T15:50:34Z But 20th Century Fox took a different approach on Thursday, unveiling early footage of its awards season hopefuls: Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “The Revenant,” David O. Russell’s “Joy” and Ridley Scott’s “The Martian.” CinemaCon: Fox previews awards slate with 'Revenant,' 'Martian,' 'Joy' 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z I won’t say more about the course of the invasion itself, but the end result is, as Baxter titles his book’s second section, “England Under the Martians.” ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Or maybe he really is a construction worker, and it’s the Martian missions that are all a fantasy. Worst holidays in cinema – ranked! 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z So forget about fictional little green Martians invading Earth. Where to stay on Mars? Robots could create living quarters before humans arrive. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z An asteroid strike would send Martian debris into space, which would slowly spiral in until it was snared by the gravity field of the Earth. Prometheus 101: The Science Behind Ridley Scott's Vision of Aliens Populating Earth 2012-06-11T10:00:32Z Bradbury broke through in 1950 with "The Martian Chronicles," a series of intertwined stories that satirized capitalism, racism and superpower tensions as it portrayed Earth colonizers destroying an idyllic Martian civilization. Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies 2012-06-06T15:02:47Z “He literally does the math for the idea first and then builds the drama around it,” said Aditya Sood, a producer who worked on the 2015 film adaptation of “The Martian.” Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “Those things smell like a pub toilet on a Sunday morning,” one Earthling says of the Martians. Movie Review: ‘War of the Worlds: Goliath,’ a Sci-Fi Battle Set in 1914 2014-03-06T22:29:37Z The book avoids the fantasy game of proposing any specific vision of what aliens might look like — thus no Wookiees, E.T.s or little green Martians — and focuses on how they might behave. When the Aliens Arrive, What Will They Look Like? A Zoologist Has Answers 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z If you or I ran into a Martian – I don't know what a Martian would look like – and the Martian said to either one of us, "Well, who are you?" Poet Nikki Giovanni shares her wisdom about Biden, cowardly racism, and why love is a pineapple 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Jorgensen’s transition was covered with all the subtlety of a Martian invasion; “Ex-G.I. Becomes Blonde Bombshell” ran a typical tabloid headline. The Modern Trans Memoir Comes of Age 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The Martian, he says, was “way cheaper than those two – way, way”. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Weir’s follow-up to the bestseller “The Martian” follows a woman living on a lunar colony who’s pulled into a heist that turns out to be bigger than she expected. Hear Hear! Audiobooks that are not to be missed 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z As far as big budget entertainments go, The Martian is one of the year’s best. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Both films netted picture nominations – The Martian for comedy, Mad Max in drama. Carol leads 2016 Golden Globe nominations with five nods 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z "I think our mentality on our first two albums was: Let's just do whatever we want," said Martians, a voluble conversationalist compared to his more reserved bandmate. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z If Martians had landed on Earth and conquered it with rock ‘n’ roll, this could have been their war cry. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z In the widely anthologised "Martian" poetry of his early career, it allowed him to renew and clarify experience by confecting a language of unlikely but fitting juxtapositions. Heartbreak by Craig Raine 2010-07-04T11:43:00Z Dawson’s nuanced voice takes us to the moon in the second novel by the author of “The Martian.” New & Noteworthy 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Our grain consumption is likely to be lower on Mars, though legumes and grains will still appear in Martian diets in smaller quantities reflecting what can economically be produced on site. Could we feed a city on Mars? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z A journey that leads from the green expanse of the Great Plains to the burnt Martian landscape of Monument Valley seems to recap the stages of a life slipping by, unnoticed and unappreciated. Video: Classic Cowboys, Back on the Range 2011-03-26T00:16:44Z In the first two episodes, at least, the crew spends a lot of time either staring with alarm at video screens or marching across the barren Martian landscape. Review: ‘Mars’ Blends Fact and Fiction, but Has a Bumpy Liftoff 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Popularity and perhaps an underlying sense that the film will reap honors for its technical achievement have helped push “The Martian” toward the front of the pack. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z "The Martian desert lay broiling like a prehistoric mud-pot, waves of heat rising and shimmering," he writes in The Earth Men. Curiosity Martian landing point named after Ray Bradbury 2012-08-23T12:05:05Z One shot, from Mars's north pole, shows an ice formation two miles thick: colossal grey-white slabs of frozen carbon dioxide shelving irregularly, their vertical faces powdered with rust by the Martian wind. Abstract and affecting, the new Mars pictures are a confrontation with the sublime | Sam Leith 2010-03-21T22:30:00Z In the latter film, all memories of Close Encounters are effaced as we watch Martians murder hordes of people, see cities destroyed, civilisation erased. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z However, ExoMars possesses one crucial difference: it will be able to drill two metres down into the Martian soil. Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z NASA’s big announcement that liquid water exists on the surface of Mars — raising hopes of past or present life on the red planet — came at a perfect time for Fox’s sci-fi film The Martian. 'The Martian' Director Says He Knew About Mars Water 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s like a set of postcards from a Martian lured to America by a cable news ticker and by rumors of how easily flattered and provoked we are. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Sometimes they are done to death by aliens, as in The Martian Chronicles story, "The Third Expedition". Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America 2012-06-08T21:55:20Z Wells’s “The War of the Worlds,” in which Gene Barry and Ann Robinson play residents of a small California town under siege by Martian invaders. Spare Times for Children Listings for April 8-14 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Besides, he said, “ ‘The Martian’ is reasonably realistic.” ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Brings His Nerd Thriller Into the Mainstream 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Because “The Martian,” which stars Matt Damon and Troy from “Community,” is about two and a half hours of Damon trying to solve space problems. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘All in With Cam Newton,’ ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Southland’ 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The show’s panoramic glimpse of a Martian dust storm, Mr. Benson explained in an e-mail message, took him months of work, drawing on about 100 images. Exhibition Review: ?Beyond,? the Solar System at Air and Space Museum 2010-07-28T22:01:00Z Wells’s 1898 novel “The War of the Worlds,” the Martian invaders are all dead, having succumbed to the bacteria that infest our planet and against which they had never built up resistance. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z “Did you see ‘The Martian’ with Matt Damon? In defense of escapism: Why it’s okay — yes, even now — to flip away from the news 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians": Holiday film showing continuously, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Community Corner: ice skating, Zoolights 2011-12-23T00:44:07Z The Martian rides in the slip stream of Gravity and Interstellar with Weir, a space nut with a background in computer science, grounding cosmic fantasy in reality. The Martian: Matt Damon gets spaced out in Ridley Scott's isolation thriller 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z "Martian spotted at Galveston Island State Park," the post begins. Fish caught with live, tongue-eating parasite in its mouth 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z In this week’s video, Times critics share their thoughts on “The Walk,” “The Martian” and “He Named Me Malala.” Video Reviews of 'The Walk,' 'The Martian' and 'He Named Me Malala' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z She was also an accomplished artist, as was evident from her amusing illustrations, such as a Christmas card showing Martians on canals. Sir Patrick Moore 2012-12-09T16:19:01Z Related: The Martian review – Matt Damon shines as stranded astronaut The storm This is the only thing I noticed that was completely impossible, as opposed to improbable or sub-optimal. How scientifically accurate is The Martian? 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Sandwiched between an introduction and a conclusion are four sections: Venusian Spring, Martian Summer, Terrestrial Autumn and Plutonian Winter. Dance Review: Aligning His Planets for Another Star Turn 2011-03-04T23:15:49Z The "Minister for Rock" – as the paper depicted him – was genial, sensible and perhaps slightly baffled at being presented as the political equivalent of a Martian. Tom Ewing 2010-04-15T21:45:00Z Eons in the making and budgeted at $250 million, Disney’s Martian epic opened at domestic theaters to a relatively soft $30.2 million. First Quarter 2012: The Hunger Games Leads a Winning Winter 2012-04-06T14:11:07Z Damon, a longtime friend of the recently single Affleck, could barely keep himself together when he introduced best motion picture, musical or comedy nominee The Martian. Golden Globes 2016: The Revenant wins top prizes as Gervais skewers the stars 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Kar's portrait of Yves Klein is even more mischievous, a sponge sculpture hovering to the right of his face like a giant Martian puffball. Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer, 1908-1974 ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:32Z Chastain, who is currently promoting her role opposite Matt Damon in Ridley Scott space drama The Martian, is known for dramatic roles in civil rights period piece The Help and super-serious science-fiction thriller Interstellar. Jessica Chastain: Hollywood oversexualises female action stars 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z I wonder if filming The Martian made Damon contemplate his own resourcefulness. Matt Damon: 'You're a better actor the less people know about you' 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The miscategorization of “The Martian” as a comedy or musical was a running joke, making its win for best comedy or musical, and Damon’s win for best comedic or musical performance, feel like cheating. The 2016 Golden Globes Get Weird-Drunk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The government is conscripting people to live on Martian colonies. The Essential Philip K. Dick 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z That way, I could see the tropes in these films as sweet or painful personal flashbacks, rather than cinematic conventions as remote from my experience as a Western gunfight or a Martian romance. 21 Jump Street: Rude Fun at Fantasy High 2012-03-15T16:34:26Z “That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch, and if your doorbell rings and nobody’s there, that was no Martian … it’s Halloween.” The Real Legacy of Orson Welles’ ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast 2013-10-31T09:45:05Z “That’d be like saying you walked on the moon, like you met a Martian and invited him to dinner,” she said. Was Green Hornet?s ?Beauty? the First of All Supercars? 2011-01-09T04:47:00Z One inside the 24-square-mile basin, the brilliant pink, ocher and umber colors are truly transporting; it’s how you imagine Martian terrain might be. Leaving Las Vegas for Natural Beauty and More 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z They’d be perfectly happy if a Martian came in and made a blockbuster. Q&A: Coen brothers respond to criticism over diversity, talk about ‘Hail, Caesar!’ 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Historical time is collapsed: Panel C, for instance, includes photographs of a zeppelin, diagrams of planetary orbits and medieval renderings of Martians. This Atlas of Art and Memory Is a Wonder of the Modern World 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Scott is also working on another film, The Martian, based on the book by Andrew Weir. No director has been attached to Blade Runner 2. Harrison Ford To Star In 'Blade Runner 2' 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z But Scott specified to the New York Times that he only learned about Martian water after the film went into production — sparing him from having to adjust the plot. 'The Martian' Director Says He Knew About Mars Water 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Then there's Buchanan and Goodwin, my find of the week – 1950s cut-up merchants who construct an Wellesian Martian invasion, only with every other line delivered by popular songs of the day. Readers recommend ? the results: songs with jokes 2010-09-02T22:31:00Z No. Their issue with The Martian is its quota of LOLs. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z A transport ship moving wealthy evacuees of an increasingly uninhabitable Earth gets thrown off course on the way to a Martian colony. The best movies of 2019 that you haven't seen 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Subtext: Another departure may be fated, but on the other hand, maybe these Massachusetts smarties can exercise their free will and, like Matt Damon in “The Martian,” science the heck out of it. 'The Leftovers' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: What if It's No Safer Here? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z This year, the Globes eligibility committee has put “The Martian” in its comedy category because, you know, the story of an astronaut marooned on Mars is a real laugh riot. It’s Indies vs. Blockbusters in Film Critics’ Awards 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Recently, the Blu-ray edition of Paramount's 1953 War of the Worlds has given fans much anguish, with the wires holding up the Martian spaceships now clearly visible in almost every shot. The devil is in Blu-ray's detail 2010-08-31T08:15:00Z In the final draft, the narrator is burned, wounded, but he follows the Martians in a way that’s more “get it over with.” Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Sequel to ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Plans for Martian colonies dwell on technical feasibility; Ohio’s earlier colonization is a reminder that humans’ treatment of one another matters to such schemes, too. David McCullough’s Idealistic Settlers 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The author of “The Martian” and, most recently, “Artemis” has never read Frank Herbert’s “Dune”: “Yes, I know. I’m the worst sci-fi fan in the universe.” Anthony Bourdain: By the Book 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Weir isn’t as lonely now as he was when he wrote “The Martian.” Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “One of my favorites I found was a Martian having a drink with a real wistful wink in his eyes,” he said. Loving the Lowbrow (It Has Its Own Hall of Fame) 2010-09-02T22:25:00Z Among studios, 20th Century Fox had a very good morning, with three films in its stable — “The Revenant,” “Brooklyn” and “The Martian” — receiving best picture nominations. Oscar Nominations 2016 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The Martian because “it shows humans as problem solvers.” Expand Your Horizons with President Obama’s Top Sci-fi Picks 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z A good poem looks closely at the world; does that Martian thing of trying to see it for the first time. Poetry's future 2010-06-18T07:30:00Z I've been feeling like a Martian stranded on a planet of of 3 Billboard enthusiasts, but it looks like I'm not alone after all. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “Invasion of the Martians,” your story in this week’s issue, involves a Texas senator’s run-in with some illegal immigrants from Mars. This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover on How Real Events Can Color Fiction 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z We believe that a sustainable Martian food system is possible — and that in building it, we'll change food systems on Earth. Could we feed a city on Mars? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Last year, "The Martian" held on to the top spot in its fifth week of release, as newcomers like "Burnt" collapsed. Box Office: 'Inferno' Fizzles With $15 Million as 'Madea' Pulls Off Victory 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Wells’s Martians with their “intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic?” Review | 12 books I should have reviewed this year: A critic’s lament 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z It was like some Martian crater or the moon. "Does trauma-bonding negate the love?": Stars Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney talk "Catching Dust" 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Arthur Max, the Oscar-nominated production designer for “The Martian,” is a longtime collaborator of the film’s director, Ridley Scott. Below the Line: Designing ‘The Martian’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Once bacteria are happily growing away under a Martian sky, they will provide nutrients needed to support luxurious crops of plants. Could we feed a city on Mars? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z I am reminded that the stranded astronaut in the novel and film, “The Martian,” was, not surprisingly, saved by his ability to cultivate the not-so-humble potato. The Humble Potato Is Exalted in the Mountains of Peru 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z I am reminded that the stranded astronaut in the novel and film, “The Martian,” was, not surprisingly, saved... The Humble Potato Is Exalted in the Mountains of Peru 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z She also cropped up in the Oscar-nominated The Martian more recently. Nah Nah Land: the hyped films that failed to get any Oscar nominations 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Knitting needles "secrete sweaters as they clashed like domesticated fencing foils", and women at the hairdresser's wear conical "Martian helmets". The Land at the End of the World by Ant?nio Lobo Antunes ? review 2011-07-21T10:45:01Z It's a mobile, nuclear-powered laboratory holding 10 science instruments that will sample Martian soil and rocks, and analyze them right on the spot. Mars rover blasts off on 8-month trip 2011-11-26T15:06:00Z "The Martian," about an astronaut stuck on Mars, was adapted into the 2015 film starring Damon and directed by Ridley Scott. Andy Weir's follow-up to 'The Martian', 'Artemis,' is coming in November, and a movie is already in the works 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z SAT "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians," showing continuously, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar 2011-12-22T00:25:10Z The three authors are aided by Wells’s brilliant wife, Jane, and the narcoleptic, one-armed Scotland Yard inspector who helped battle the Martians. ‘The Map of Chaos,’ by Felix J. Palma 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Damon will be seen next in The Martian, opening in theaters Oct. Matt Damon Thinks Jason Bourne Would 'Absolutely' Win in a Fight Against Batman 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He’s part of the production team that’s developing the “Project Hail Mary” movie and is working on another secret screen project at Universal Pictures with Sood, a producer on “The Martian” and “Hail Mary.” Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z With its waxy animated figures, expensive-looking visuals and convoluted story of interplanetary separation anxiety and domineering Martian matriarchs, this is a pretty odd creation, but mostly in a bad way. This week's new films 2011-04-08T23:06:46Z The cast of “The Martian” is a model of cinematic diversity, yet Scott’s idea of diversity is visual, not substantial. What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Illustrated Man,The Martian Chronicles,Fahrenheit 451:he lives on as a shelf of books. Ray Bradbury: Twitter pays tribute to SF writer 2012-06-06T16:38:00Z The Martian should follow in its wake: it boasts an infectious, buoyant spirit, and Damon is terrific. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z HG Wells had seemed fit to have the Martian invader lay waste to London and southern England. Battle of Los Angeles: San Andreas just the latest film to kick the crap out of LA 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Those included Neil Gaiman, who won for graphic story, and the film "The Martian," which won for dramatic presentation, long form. Women and writers of color win big at Hugo Awards and the Puppies are even sadder 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Called “Some Notes on Martian Sonic Aesthetics, 2034-51,” it invites a chamber ensemble to impersonate a musically trained crew who have set up a colony on Mars and are beaming performances back to Earth. Martians, Dolls and a Cellist’s Dog: The Many Worlds of Jennifer Walshe 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Andy Weir was a computer scientist who wanted to be a writer when he first started posting chapters of his novel “The Martian” online. Books: Best Books of 2017, Andy Weir, American Airstream contradictions and more 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Bradbury transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and his vision of a high-tech, book-burning future in “Fahrenheit 451.” Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z The Golden Globes split the baby between “The Revenant” for best drama and “The Martian” for best comedy. SAG Win for ‘Spotlight’ Sows Confusion in the Best Picture Race 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The short answer is: an odd one, although the oddness isn't immediately obvious from its premise, that familiar SF trope of Martian colonisation. Finches of Mars by Brian Aldiss – review 2013-06-05T12:55:01Z Jan. 19: Rudy Giuliani, wearing a colander on his head, holds a news conference at the Air and Space Museum, claiming Martian votes were not properly counted. Style Invitational Week 1418: Tour de Fours XVII — just UNDO it 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Detailed images of Mars from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory informed the film’s recreation of Martian landscapes, he said. Who calls the tunes in space, Brad Pitt asks NASA astronaut 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Early issues, which told the story of Morpheus’s escape from a long imprisonment and the rebuilding of his metaphysical powers, also featured appearances from established DC heroes like Batman, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter. Sweet Dreams: Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman Becomes an Audio Drama 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Related: The Martian and Nasa – a coincidence too good to be true? Ridley Scott: 'I knew there was water on Mars months ago' 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Last year, that uproarious side-splitter “The Martian,” about a starving, stranded astronaut, was not only nominated in that category, but also won. What to Watch for at the Golden Globes 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Damon's upcoming movies as an actor include "The Martian," opening Oct. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon to produce FIFA scandal movie 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Back then, a sitcom about a single girl and her roommate from outer space sounded regressive, a reconstituted “My Favorite Martian” or “I Dream of Jeannie.” On TV, a Super-Sized Performer Breaking Out of a Small Box 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The dawning of knowledge, the instant of understanding, the way an idea comes together at once as if with the satisfying snap of a seat-belt buckle—such well-prepared serendipities are the mainsprings of “The Martian.” What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z As such, it probably helps to look at Cold War as a part one: don't be surprised if we see more of ancient Martian society, especially if Gatiss becomes the next showrunner. Doctor Who: Cold War – series 33, episode 8 2013-04-13T17:45:01Z Landing in U.S. theaters today, Ridley Scott’s The Martian is being acclaimed as one of the most realistic portrayals of human space exploration ever filmed. Human missions to Mars will look nothing at all like “The Martian” 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The rapper also said he was glad to hear Martians flexing more production muscle in the record's sound. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z In the trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Martian, Matt Damon is abandoned alone on a planet, again. Watch Matt Damon Survive on Mars in Trailer for "The Martian" 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Tom Jones shouts: “JESUS CHRIST!” at a Martian. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The Martian’s October release date suggests Ridley Scott hopes to follow suit. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Where it could premiere: A Tiff premiere would give The Martian a good launch – though Venice has form with space race pics. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z In a more recent epoch, the writers of Victorian England, fogged over with puritan fears and piqued perhaps by bursts of scientific revelations, contemplated civilization’s fall to plague, beast and Martian. Disaster Films Plague the Box Office 2013-07-19T18:26:49Z His Martian Chronicles – a collection of short stories with a common theme – were a warning about humanity's often terrible, but sometimes noble tendencies. Ray Bradbury and the fever of inspiration 2012-06-06T20:50:17Z The auction is part of an online-only series called Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites, which is running until Feb. 23. Doghouse hit by meteorite expected to fetch over $200K at auction 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott and due in cinemas next week, received extensive consultation from the US space agency, Nasa, to boost its scientific credentials. Space experts challenge accuracy of The Martian 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Martian – video review With a best actor nomination for The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio must be considered a strong favourite for the award, after three previous failed attempts in the category. Oscar nominations 2016: The Revenant leads field, Mad Max in second place 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z We drove for eight hours, through wastelands of rubble and Martian hills, until we arrived at a desiccated plain. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z And her favourite author is none other than Bradbury, author of Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles. The Ray Bradbury video tribute I never expected to see 2010-08-23T15:34:00Z Which I would be happy to quote at length, if my spellchecker didn’t keep decorating Martian words with squiggly red lines. Movie Review: ?John Carter,? With Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins 2012-03-08T23:03:00Z The Martian colonisation programme has been organised and funded not by nation-states, but by a consortium of universities. Finches of Mars by Brian Aldiss – review 2013-06-05T12:55:01Z Occasionally we have seen the absurd side and collapsed into giggles about what a Martian would think if it caught us in this ridiculous pose. My life in sex: ‘Sexual activity at our age can seem like a pilates class’ 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z His references are all grandmas and Martians and cowboys. Jack Handey Is the Envy of Every Comedy Writer in America 2013-07-15T19:46:10Z The question of whether Thayer is right about the Martian observers remains open enough to lend the novel a science-fiction sheen as well. ‘The Slippage,’ by Ben Greenman, and More 2013-04-24T21:29:52Z “I think all writers are Martians,” he said in a Paris Review interview. Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z After traveling at nearly 25,000 miles per hour, they are scheduled to touch down on Martian soil Thursday. Meet Ingenuity, the mini-copter NASA is about to drop on Mars 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Scott, whose credits include “Alien,” “Blade Runner” and “Thelma and Louise,” said “The Martian” had already screened twice at NASA; it also recently screened for the crew at the International Space Station. Ridley Scott Learned About Water on Mars Before We Did, but Not in Time to Change 'Martian' 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z I’m just a weird Martian to them, I guess.” Luke Janklow: Not Exactly Bookish 2013-06-14T20:57:36Z The son is really a Martian, a shapechanger who reflects the desires of others; and the story spirals down into tragedy, with the equivalent of a mob lynching at the end. Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America 2012-06-08T21:55:20Z And therein lies the reason The Martian chimed with so many, he thinks. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z It’s good news for The Revenant with 12, Mad Max: Fury Road with 10 and The Martian on 7. Oscar nominations 2016 - live coverage 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “Alienne: The Musical Adventures of My Little Martian,” a show about a teenager from Mars who would really like to be an Earth girl. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 8-14 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z “The Martian Chronicles” has been published in more than 30 languages, was made into a TV miniseries and inspired a computer game. ‘Fahrenheit 451′ Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:50:36Z No skirmishes between the authorities and the pocket of mutants, deviants and ne’er-do-wells who rebel against them from Martian red-light district of Venusville. Total Recall at 30: a thrilling reminder of Paul Verhoeven at his best 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Wells story about a Martian invasion of Earth. Scarecrow suggests | Like 'Knight and Day'? Check out Tom Cruise movies on video 2010-06-24T22:17:00Z In HG Wells’s original novel, where does the first Martian cylinder land? Real addresses in fiction – quiz 2013-06-24T15:33:00Z In general, one of the advantages I have going into a place like Congo or Sudan is that I'm treated as a Martian. 2010-02-17T09:00:00Z Cyanobacteria is capable of growing in Martian conditions, which has the very real added benefit of neutralizing extremely toxic chemicals called perchlorates. Could we feed a city on Mars? 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Writing about “The Martian” seems to be bringing out the geekiness in your humble correspondent. ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Brings His Nerd Thriller Into the Mainstream 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The Earth has become uninhabitable, so the UTS corporation begins building a new Martian home for humanity. From badass Peter Dinklage to the thriller "Behind Her Eyes," here's what new on Netflix in February 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Red lights overhead create a perpetual Martian dusk. 14th Annual International Classic Video Game Tournament 2012-06-03T22:07:43Z “He’s talking about the mundane things of the future — all very local and real and immediate” in novels like “Martian Time-Slip” and “Dr. Bloodmoney.” Philip K. Dick?s Masterpiece Years 2010-11-22T22:47:00Z Matt Damon believes that Europe’s ongoing refugee crisis has given his new science fiction thriller The Martian an added layer of importance. Matt Damon: the refugee crisis is a reason to release The Martian 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z How difficult do you suppose it would be for one of us to misplace The Martian on the subway or lend to the wrong kind of friend Bridge of Spies? The Revenant and The Hateful Eight leaked – and awards season is to blame 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The image of invading Martians, a hoary old sci-fi cliché, sat in my file folders for decades before finding a stimulus for moving on. This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover on Our National Disdain for the “Intellectual” 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z In intertwined stories about Earth colonizers destroying an idyllic Martian civilization, Bradbury explored issues of post-World War II America. Key dates in the life and work of Ray Bradbury 2012-06-06T18:58:09Z NASA’s four-pound helicopter will attempt to rise 10 feet into the extremely thin Martian air on its first hop. Mini helicopter on Mars carries tiny piece of Wright brothers’ 1903 airplane 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The animated scenes were rendered to be cinematic and immersive, while also adhering precisely to the realities of the Martian terrain and geography. This Mars Documentary Required Many Sols 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z I also liked recommending the few books I remembered from my childhood, especially “The Martian Chronicles,” by Ray Bradbury, and “The Door in the Wall,” by Marguerite de Angeli. Brian Selznick: By the Book 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The Martian” is a well-decorated film that shows off a design consistent with function rather than with pleasure; its modest but meticulous plausibility hits an intellectual sweet spot. What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z If they contain crumbles or streusel, they will be baked on top, not scattered across the plate like a Martian soil sample. Summer Vacation: Goodbye Restaurants, Hello Kitchen 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z If the sound were to suddenly fail — or if the dialogue were dubbed into Martian — the impact of the performances would still be palpable. Review: Beneath the Bombast, ‘Fences’ Has an Aching Poetry 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In the seven years since the original 1913 invasion, Walter Jenkins has been obsessed with the possibility of a second Martian attack, much to the despair of his psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Its orange strata lie exposed layer on layer beneath the pale Martian sky. Visions of the Universe exhibition reveals full wonder of space images 2013-06-11T13:29:42Z Michael Kinsley owns what might be the most envied journalistic voice of his generation — skeptical, friendly, possessed of an almost Martian intelligence — and in this superb book he turns his sights to aging. Book Gift Ideas: Who Needs Wrapping? They’re Already Covered 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Given that group's famously aggressive sound, going "super-whimsical" with discursive arrangements and shifting time signatures constituted a radical approach, Martians said. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Soon the bus was a floating shadow against a wasteland of undulating rock, red Martian expanses and crumbly mesas. Morocco, From Coast to Desert 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z If a Martian came down to Earth, they would report back that we are a species that lives in cities. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z And “The Martian” would have made a perfectly plausible vehicle for the academy to show some serious love to a big-budget film that people actually liked. Oscar 2016 is almost here: Here’s who will win — and who should 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The mission is expected to take one Martian year. The Observer science quiz 2012: part 2 2012-12-22T17:00:02Z The book reaches its final crescendo when a Texas senator is emasculated by Martians and discovered by his intern, who starts to broadcast this inconvenient truth. Familiar Tales Remixed, at the Hands of a Postmodern Master 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Of course they can: More Martian cylinders begin to rain down on all parts of the globe. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z NASA’s InSight lander touched down safely on the Martian surface Monday, after a six-month journey to the Red Planet. NASA’s InSight lander touches down on the surface of Mars 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Sometime in August, Curiosity — encased in an Apollo-like capsule — will enter the Martian atmosphere. NASA launches Mars rover 'Curiosity' 2011-11-26T14:42:00Z All the classic characters from Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to the supporting cast like Gossamer the monster to Marvin the Martian and more show up. HBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here's how to watch, plus reviews of every original show 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Fittingly for quarantine, I’m reading “The Martian,” by Andy Weir, and Dylan Meconis’s graphic novel “Queen of the Sea,” about a young girl living with a convent of nuns on a remote island. Raina Telgemeier Can’t Wait to Break Bread With Her Friends Again 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Other critics found Merrill’s poetry brittle, neurotic and showy, Mozartian if not outright Martian. Review: ‘James Merrill: Life and Art,’ a Literary Biography 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Granted, there aren’t huge box office performers on par with “The Martian” or “Mad Max: Fury Road” vying for awards this year. It’s time to kill the myth of the battle between ‘popular’ movies and ‘Oscar’ movies 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Set in an emotionally and socially repressed Martian society that exists below the planet's surface, "Mars Needs Moms" is a blur of dull gray and rusty brown. 'Mars Needs Moms': You may want a hug after all the falling 2011-03-10T02:19:57Z In one corner stands a life-size mannequin wearing Matt Damon’s spacesuit from The Martian. Ben Affleck: ‘My wildest dreams have come true, but at a price’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z The plot is simple: a group of drunken, deranged, degenerate losers try to recruit a real superhero — such as Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern or Martian Manhunter — to their team. The best comics of 2015: With Islamophobia rearing its ugly head, we need “Ms. Marvel” now more than ever 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Andy Weir’s suspenseful survival story, “The Martian,” won the science fiction award; that book was read by R.C. Mandela Documentary Wins Top Prize for Audio Books 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z We watched “The Martian” while cuddled up under soft, red blankets and being served warm popcorn and chocolate-chip cookies. 5 ways to not only survive a family cruise, but make it the best vacation ever 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Two of the Martian Chronicles stories twist these skeins together admirably. Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America 2012-06-08T21:55:20Z As for Mars, “we’ve been collecting background noise up until now, but this first event officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology!” NASA lander detects its first ‘marsquake’ on the Red Planet 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Along with Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles,” “A Canticle for Leibowitz” was one of the first novels to escape from the science-fiction ghetto and become a staple of high-school reading lists. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Weir himself acknowledges that the Martian atmosphere, just 1% the density of Earth’s, could never whip up the tornadic force that sets the movie in motion. The Martian Celebrates the Gutsy Ambition That We’ve Denied the Real NASA 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z I mean, even Ridley Scott made an upbeat movie: “The Martian.” The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Weapons experts could argue that Wells’s “War of the Worlds” was his most prescient book, imagining hordes of Martians armed with chemical weapons and invasive plant life. Analysis | The novel that inspired ‘Blade Runner’ didn’t predict our current reality, but these writers did 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z On Monday, The Martian director Ridley Scott did nothing to dispel the notion that the space agency was waiting for the most opportune time to present its findings about water on Mars. 'The Martian' Director Says He Knew About Mars Water 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The Martian,” which has taken in more than $545 million worldwide since its release in October, is certainly an audience favorite. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “But there will be people who are born there who will become Martians.” To Mars, Not a Moment Too Soon 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Not a nuclear explosion or a Martian invasion but a financial meltdown. REVIEW: The Rover Goes Weirdly Western Down Under 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s good news for The Revenant with 12, Mad Max: Fury Road with 10 and The Martian on 7. Oscar nominations 2016 - live coverage 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Yet “ego” is far from the first word that comes to mind upon meeting Syd and Martians, who, on a recent summer afternoon at New York City’s Ace Hotel, are swaddled in sweatpants. How a Band Called The Internet Became the Best Thing on the Internet 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Step into the main exhibition hall at CB1 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles and you will see a series of stark, practically Martian landscapes illuminated by blacklight. Moment of Friday: Hagfish hanky-panky, Lily Simonson's oceanic obsession 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z A greater advantage for “The Martian” may lie in a vast pool of film industry respect, if not quite love, for Mr. Scott. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The Martian atmosphere is only about 1 percent the density of what we’re used to on Earth. Meet Ingenuity, the mini-copter NASA is about to drop on Mars 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z For example, the unnamed narrator of Wells’s book is revealed to be Walter Jenkins, now the best-selling author of the “Narrative of the Martian Wars” and a sufferer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z "The books I brought home from the library caused me to think about the origins of life and the universe," writes the author of "The Martian Chronicles," "Fahrenheit 451" and other classics. 2 brief Bradbury works out this fall 2012-11-08T20:10:11Z Dr Caroline Smith inspects the Tissint Martian meteorite, which is named after a village in Morocco close to where it landed. Martian meteorite contains pockets of the red planet's atmosphere 2012-02-08T17:40:12Z Plenty of Wells's contemporaries no doubt transposed the Martians for Germans. Summer voyages: The War of the Worlds by HG Wells 2013-07-26T10:50:02Z In a recent story titled “Invasion of the Martians,” pea-green aliens come to Earth and zap a Texas senator’s manhood off. Experiments Succeed — and Fail — Spectacularly in Robert Coover’s Lab 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z “It’s almost like a big why,” Martians says, questioning not only why so many black men have been killed by police, but also, he says, “starvation, tsunamis. Just a big question, man, why?” How a Band Called The Internet Became the Best Thing on the Internet 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z That led to the idea of "The Martian." "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Starring a convivial Matt Damon as a stranded astronaut, “The Martian” was also a critical success, scoring a powerful 80 on Metacritic.com, a site that compiles film reviews. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Add these to the likelihood that “The Martian” will get a best picture Oscar nomination, and the prospect is raised that the Academy will become more relevant to broader swaths of the country. Oscars 2016: The Race May Yet Heat Up 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Matt Damon campaigned for Oscar glory for Ridley Scott, his director on The Martian, at the Palm Springs international film festival in California on Saturday. Matt Damon lobbies for Ridley Scott's first directing Oscar at Palm Springs gala 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Next came “The Martian,” with seven nods, although its director, Ridley Scott, was prominently snubbed. Oscar Nominations 2016 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Carey is a shrewd reader, reminding us of what was perhaps Golding’s greatest gift as a novelist, his ability to go into “Martian mode, showing familiar things from an alien viewpoint.” Books of The Times: ?William Golding,? the Lighter Side, by John Carey 2010-07-06T23:03:00Z Are “Carol” and “Mad Max” and “The Martian” all pretty much locked down as best-picture nominees? New York critics pile the love on “Carol” — but wait, “Mad Max” is now an Oscar contender, too 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Arguably outliers in the awards race, the three pictures join the front-runners “Spotlight,” “The Revenant” and “The Martian.” Producers Guild Surprises With Nods for ‘Compton,’ ‘Sicario’ 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z But I was thrilled to see “Harry Potter” and “The Martian” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” and “Ready Player One.” Wil Wheaton, lifelong fan of PBS and libraries, has one book he can’t recommend 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Egypt is seven minutes of bloops and FX with a beat like Martian funk, only the melodic core, as with most Doldrums music, even at its most extreme, is strong. New band of the day – No 1,282: Doldrums 2012-06-06T17:02:00Z The rest are sci-fi tales that hold their own next to Ray Bradbury’s contemporaneous “The Martian Chronicles.” An Early Dystopian Trilogy About Resistance—and What Comes After 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z He said Fossil, Martian and Frederique Constant were especially strong in that market segment, and that he expected traditional watchmakers to continue taking the lead on smart analog. Smartwatches at a Crossroads, and Some Analysts are Optimistic 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z For Matt Martians, it started with the beats. Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians widen the Internet's connection with 'Ego Death' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z He loses his wife to the Martians; they destroy the town he lived in. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Sequel to ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The Martian, in which Damon whittles a crucifix for kindling, is a testament to human ingenuity in a godless universe, but it is not propaganda. Ridley Scott on making blockbusters: ‘It is bloody brain surgery!’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Upstairs, an immense hall exhibited digitally generated images of classical Italian cities thrust into the future — red Martian skies, spaceships soaring past — by an Italian artist, Andrea Felice. Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe 2013-04-26T16:24:14Z Because it’s been so long since NASA’s last Martian landfall — the Curiosity rover in 2012 — Mars mania is gripping not only the space and science communities, but also everyday folks. NASA’s InSight lander touches down on the surface of Mars 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The next year he played a Martian in "Zombies of the Stratosphere" and scored his first title role in "Kid Monk Baroni." Leonard Nimoy dies: Remembering his non-'Star Trek' movies 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Ridley Scott’s The Martian, set in 2035, also envisaged a spacescape in which the Chinese came to the aid of Nasa, loaning them a rocket to rescue stranded Matt Damon. 'If anyone can Maga, it is Nasa': how First Man put a rocket up the politics of space 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Photograph: Max Nash/PA In HG Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, an attack by overwhelmingly superior Martians drives Londoners to flee their city. London burning: history just went sci-fi 2011-08-08T11:46:42Z The senator tells the Martians that Texas is always ready to welcome “self-supporting and well-behaved guests.” This Week in Fiction: Robert Coover on How Real Events Can Color Fiction 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Not looking so pleased was Ridley Scott, whose film “The Martian” did not end up winning anything. Party Hopping With Daisy Ridley and Bryan Cranston 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Mars, of course, was the setting for so many pieces of fiction: War of the Worlds, The Martian Chronics, A Rose for Ecclesiastes and so many more. Why 'Game of Thrones' Author' George R.R. Martin Is Obsessed With Mars 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “And that makes you a bit of a Martian, because there’s not a lot of peers, there’s not a lot of role models, to really look to.” Howard Bragman, Publicist Who Helped Clients Come Out, Dies at 66 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z As Martians explains, “For our generation, a lot of ego is based on follower counts or likes or retweets.” How a Band Called The Internet Became the Best Thing on the Internet 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z |
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