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Welcome to Mars book and CD
By Simon James | December 30, 2007
Strange Attractor Press have announced the release of the Welcome to Mars book, with the first 200 copies including a CD with music from the radio series produced by Simon in 2006.
A story of weird science, strange events and even stranger beliefs, set in an age when the possibilities for human development seemed almost limitless, Welcome to Mars offers a fascinating, detailed chronology of where it all went wrong.
Ken Hollings draws upon newspaper accounts, advertising campaigns, declassified government archives, old movies and newsreels from the period to depict an unsettled time in which the layout of suburbia reflected atomic bombing strategies, bankers and movie stars experimented with hallucinogens, brainwashing was just another form of interior decoration and strange lights in the sky were taken very seriously indeed. After Welcome to Mars, you’ll never be able to think about the 1950s the same way again.
Check Strange Attractor Press for up to date news on the publication.
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April 28th, 2008 at 7:11 am
[...] already reported Ken’s Welcome to Mars book is due for release later in the year and seeing as Welcome to Mars [...]