Mars and the Mind of Man
Mars and the Mind of Man is a non-fiction book chronicling a public
About the book
The book is record of the November 1971 discussion undertaken by the five distinguished panel members mentioned above.
Bradbury's poem
On several minutes of archived footage released by NASA, Bradbury is shown engaging in witty banter with other panel members at the November 1971 panel discussion. The film segment was issued in 2012 to honor a newly named site on the red planet,"Bradbury Landing".[7] Also the released footage shows Bradbury reading his poem "If Only We Had Taller Been" (poem begins at 2:20) [8] At the time, this was "...one of several unpublished poems he shared at the event."[9][10] Before reading the poem, Bradbury is recorded saying "I don’t know what in the hell I’m doing here. I’m the least scientific of all the people up on the platform here today...I was hoping, that during the last few days, as we got closer to Mars and the dust cleared, that we’d see a lot of Martians standing there with huge signs saying, ‘Bradbury was right,’” [11]
References
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- JSTOR 24923227.
- ^ "Books". Engineering and Science. 37 (1): 4–5. October 1973.
- ^ "Mars and the Mind of Man". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ a b c d Popova, Maria (August 20, 2012). "Mars and the Mind of Man: Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke in Cosmic Conversation, 1971". Brain Pickings.
- ^ In Memoriam: Ray Bradbury 1920–2012. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-903392-10-2.
- ^ Popova, Maria (November 12, 2015). "Ray Bradbury Reads His Poem "If Only We Had Taller Been" in a Rare 1971 Recording".
- ^ Popova, Maria (August 22, 2012). "Ray Bradbury's Unpublished Poems and His Meditation on Science vs. Religion".
- ^ "Video: Ray Bradbury speaks at Caltech". Burbank Leader. June 7, 2012. LA Times.com
External links
- ISBN 978-0-06-010443-6
- Wilford, John Noble (30 August 2013). "Bruce C. Murray, Who Helped Earth Learn of Mars, Dies at 81". The New York Times.
- Exploration of the Planets. A short 1971 NASA film. US National Archives. YouTube.