Title: The Martian Race
Title Record # 20057
Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 1999-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Adventures of Viktor & Julia
Series Number: 1
Language: English
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Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 1999-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Adventures of Viktor & Julia
Series Number: 1
Language: English
Note: Based on the Novella "A Cold, Dry Cradle".
Synopsis: From the flaps of the Warner Aspect first edition: "For American John Axelrod, it's not about nationalism or personal fame. It's about the money: the Mars Prize, a $30 billion purse offered for the first successful manned mission to the Red Planet. When NASA becomes bogged down in politics and bureaucracy, businessman Axelrod and a conglomerate of backers seize their chance.
But for astronauts Julia; her husband, Viktor; Marc; and Raoul - Axelrod's team of ex-NASAnauts it's not about wealth or media attention. It's about courage, discovery, and facing the unknown. It's about Mars... and staying alive. For the prize rules state that the winning team can't just crab a rock and leave. Their mission will keep them on the barren planet for almost two years, a genuine opportunity for biologist Julia and others to research, learn, adapt, and search for clues to the Red Planet's greatest mystery. Did life ever exist there?
This isn't, however, a NASA mission with backups, fail-safes, and Mission Control. The astronauts know that Axelrod has cut corners and that theirs is a high-stakes, high-risk return to the oldest rule of exploration. Succeed or die. Now four people are trapped on a frigid, alien world that can kill them in countless ways. And a time will come when - to survive - Julia, Viktor, Marc, and Raoul must embrace everything that makes them human.
And everything that will make them Martian."
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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12 | 2000 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nomination | 2000 Prometheus | Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Martian Race | 1999-12-00 | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-52633-9 | $23.95?$: US dollar |
340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Steve Youll | |
The Martian Race | 1999-12-00 | Gregory Benford | The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #144) | 106-144 | 340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Martian Race | 2000-02-00 | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books / SFBC | 02162 | $11.98?$: US dollar |
340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Stephen Youll | |
The Martian Race | 2000-04-00 | Gregory Benford | Orbit | 1-85723-999-7 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
472 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Fred Gambino | |
The Martian Race | 2001-00-00 | Gregory Benford | Orbit | 1-85723-999-7 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
472 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Fred Gambino | |
The Martian Race | 2001-01-00 | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-60890-4 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
444 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Don Dixon | |
Das Rennen zum Mars | 2002-02-00 | Gregory Benford | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #8308) | 3-453-19667-8 | €12.00?€: Euro |
492 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel |
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The Martian Race | 2003-00-00 | Gregory Benford | Orbit | 1-85723-999-7 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
472 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Fred Gambino | |
Das Rennen zum Mars | 2004-00-00 | Gregory Benford | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #7044) | 3-453-87897-3 | €8.95?€: Euro |
491 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Don Dixon | |
The Martian Race | 2008-11-15 | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books | 978-0-446-55101-4 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Don Dixon | ||
Les enfants de Mars | 2011-06-00 | Gregory Benford | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5947) | 978-2-266-17499-2 | 500 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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The Martian Race | 2011-09-29 | Gregory Benford | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11846-1 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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The Martian Race | 2014-12-09 | Gregory Benford | Skyboat Media and Blackstone Audio | 978-1-4830-3996-1 | $29.95?$: US dollar |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
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The Martian Race | 2014-12-09 | Gregory Benford | Skyboat Media and Blackstone Audio | 978-1-4830-3997-8 | $34.95?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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The Martian Race | 2014-12-09 | Gregory Benford | Blackstone Publishing | 978-1-4830-3995-4 | audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | ||||
The Martian Race | 2014-12-15 | Gregory Benford | Skyboat Media | $24.47?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | ||||
The Martian Race | date unknown | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-60890-4 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
444 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Don Dixon | |
The Martian Race | date unknown | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-60890-4 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
444 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Don Dixon | |
The Martian Race | date unknown | Gregory Benford | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-60890-4 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
444 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Don Dixon |
Reviews
- Review by Jonathan Strahan (1999) in Locus, #467 December 1999
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (2000) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2000
- Review by Peter Heck (2000) in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2000
- Review by Stuart Carter (2000) in Vector 212
- Review by Paul J. McAuley (2000) in Interzone, #158 August 2000
- Review by Ian Simpson (2000) in The Third Alternative, #25
- Review by James Schellenberg (2001) in Challenging Destiny, April 2001
- Review [French] by Denis Guiot (2001) in Galaxies, #21
- Review by Michael M. Jones [as by Mike Jones] (2001) in Absolute Magnitude, Summer 2001