MARTIAN CHRONICLES (How else do you follow vampires?)
In 1990 I published a novel titled Mars, The Red Planet. And in it, I made one of the worst errors of my science fiction career. I assumed that the Soviet Union (as in "Red" geddit?) would survive well into the twenty first century, whereas it collapsed pretty much before the book even hit the stores. All in all, through, it was a cute read, and the Mars Society voted it "Best Noirish Mars Book: ("You want more when your finished with this one.") I wish someone would republished the sucker along with so much of my neglected back catalogue.
http://www.newmars.com/archives/000012.shtml

And this week, as Mars passes the closest point to Earth on its orbit, I have a snappy discourse in LA CityBeat on H.G. Wells’ place in the modern world. http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2829&IssueNum=126

Also our pal hipspinster bogs about the nearness of Mars.
http://hipspinster.blogspot.com/

The secret word is Thuvia