Labels: text | screenshot | wheel OCR: ARTISTS DREAM OF MARS In 1911, Adolphe d'Espie de La Hire invented H.G. WELLS what he called the "radioplane" in his novel, CINEMA & MUSIC "The Mystery of XV." The hero's plane flies by means of radio waves. After embarking the most beautiful women on Earth, he takes off for Mars to establish a colony. Theo Varlet's "The Martian Saga," published in 1921, also uses the idea of traveling to Mars by means of radio-electric energy. The same device can be found in Ralph Milne Farley's work, notably "The Radio Man of Mars" published in 1955. Needless to say, Martians have inspired many science fiction writers, especially American writers. In his 1926 novel "Across Space," Edmond Hamilton describes a Martian attempt to invade Earth. Hidden on Easter Island, the invaders actually try to bring Earth nearer to Mars. Clive Staples Lewis's "The Silence of the Earth" published in 1938 is more light-hearted. The hero, a human philosopher, finds a paradise on Mars. There he discovers peace and harmony-in a society of seals, frogs, and hairy giants! MARS BETAT
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