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Edited by best-selling authors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, Old Mars is a collection of science fiction short stories, taken from the golden age of the genre. Summary of the Book Mars. It enticed writers in the golden age of science fiction. After all, it is the closest planet to ours with some semblance to our own. The canvas that the red planet provided them soon led to a myriad scenarios, all of them too good to forgo. In its nearness it paved the way for the ultimate dream of space travel: colonization of a planet. While this dream may have never been achieved by mankind, science fiction writers loved to toy with it. And in doing so, they have given the genre stories that have become definitive of the entire genre. Writers whose names are now legend couldn't resist its call, and as this anthology stands to prove, their replies paved the way for a whole new generation of writing. Bringing together 15 original short stories from masters such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Moorcock, Mary Rosenblum, Ian McDonald, Liz Williams, James S. A. Corey and others, this collection returns readers to the age where men dared to dream of a possibility: the possibility of a new home on the red planet. About the Editors George R. R. Martin is an American writer. His best-selling A Song of Ice And Fire Series, containing A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows and A Dance With Dragons, has reached cult status. Gardner Dozois is an American writer. He is best known for: The Peacemaker and Morning Child and Other Stories among others. Other similar anthologies edited by these writers include: Down these Strange Streets, Dangerous Women, Rogues and Old Venus.