- Where did the Martians first land in HG Wells; 1898 novel The War of the Worlds
Woking
Slough
Putney Heath
Kew
Whose first science fiction novel, published in 1951, was called The Sands of Mars
Isaac Asimov
*Arthur C Clarke
Philip K Dick
Ray Bradbury
In Andy Weir’s newly filmed blockbuster The Martian, what crop does stranded astronaut Mark Watney raise?
Potatoes
Chili peppers
Marrows
Tobacco
In Paul Aermont’s 1873 story A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont Among the Planets, how is Mars reached?
By balloon
By rocket ship
By plane
By a rope-and-pulley system
Three of these are the titles of novels in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy. Which is not?
a. Blue Mars
b. Black Mars
c. Green Mars
d. Red Mars
What was the first name of the protagonist in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel Stranger in a Strange Land?
a. Noel
b. August
c. Valentine
d. Summer
The author of Out of the Silent Planet, which renamed Mars Malacandra, is also known for which popular series?
a. The Chronicles of Narnia
b. The Hitchhiker’s Guide the the Galaxy
c. Ender’s Game
d. Discworld
What was the title of sequel to Dan Simmons’ novel Ilium?
a. Fires of Eden
b. Endymion
c. Hyperion
d. Olympos
Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles was also published under which other name in the UK?
a. Escape from the Red Planet
b. From the Dust Returned
c. The Silver Locusts
d. The Martian
Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was adapted into which blockbuster movie?
a. Blade Runner
b. Total Recall
c. Elysium
d. Alien
