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Cover of Mars and the Mind of Man

Mars and the Mind of Man

Carl Sagan & Bruce Murray

First published 1973
Publisher Harper & Row
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Miriam Woods
Pages xiii+143
Price $7.95
ISBN 0060104430

  • The panel consisted of 5 participants but the book was put together by Sagan and Murray according to the back flap copy.
  • Publication date from code "0773" on front flap of ducstjacket.
    Backed up by Catalog of Copyright entry A00000470939 which puts the date at 1973-07-25.
    Copyright renewed 2001-12-17, entry RE0000849960.
  • "FIRST EDITION" on copyright page.
  • "73 74 75 76 77 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on bottom of page [146].
  • Jacket design credited on back flap of dustjacket.
  • Interior art is photographs from the Mariner 9 mission with captions by Bruce Murray and Carl Sagan.
  • Book is divided into two sections, "Hypotheses" and "Afterthoughts."
    The "Hypotheses" section is the panel discussion plus rebuttals and responses.
    The "Afterthoughts" section is individual essays by the panelists for the book.
  • The introduction to the "Afterthoughts" section on page 45 is probably by Murray but is unsigned.
  • Pages 41-42 have an untitled and unattributed poem.
    The poem heavily and repeatedly references "Moby Dick" and so is probably by Bradbury.