collected here in a massive, one thousand page volume are 42 stories and one novel dealing with mars or martians. the anthology opens with roger zelazny's incomparable, hugo nominated "a rose for ecclesiastes" and closes with allen steele's hugo award winning the "emperor from mars." a wonderful anthology full of classic stories by some of science fiction's best writers. roger zelazny stanley g. weinbaum jerome bixby robert f. young harry harrison ian randal strock leigh brackett philip k. dick david r. bunch nicole givens kurtz h. beam piper frank belknap long damon knight c. l. moore don d'ammassa c. m. kornbluth judith merril nelson s. bond clifford d. simak lif strand jack sharkey mack reynolds jean-louis trudel jack williamson walter miller, jr. terry franklin henry kuttner fritz leiber gene mederos carl jacobi gerri leen frank m. robinson charles fontenay chas. a. stearns ray bradbury edmond hamilton tom w. harris alan j. ramm carlton furth rog phillips algis budrys poul anderson randall garrett allen steele