Talk:The Sands of Mars

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squeek[edit]

i am disappointed that squeak does not get a mention 212.56.120.244 (talk) 15:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is that the pet Martian? If so, add the creature.--GwydionM (talk) 20:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

the first novel[edit]

"The Sands of Mars was Clarke's first published novel."

wasn't "Prelude to Space" earlier? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:E1:23E0:3600:1968:27B:53A4:AF28 (talk) 18:22, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prelude to Space, 1947, definitely the first.--GwydionM (talk) 11:11, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is reference for Jimi Hendrix claim?[edit]

Article states, "The book has given an inspiration for the title of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's last and unfinished album, First Rays of the New Rising Sun. The album also contains an unfinished song "New Rising Sun" in which 'Jupiter Sun' is mentioned."

This paragraph appears to be speculation. If it cannot be made non-speculative, it should be deleted.

• The phrase "first light of the rising sun" appears in _Sands of Mars_, but is commonplace in English (as an Internet search for exact phrase match confirms). It is therefore not distinctive enough to justify the claim that its use in _The Sands of Mars_ is the inspiration for the Hendrix title. Nor is any biographical reference given to justify the claim.

• How is the Hendrix phrase "Jupiter Sun" supposed to be relevant to _The Sands of Mars_? Clarke wrote of an artificial sun appearing in Jupiter orbit in _2001: Odyssey Two_ ('82), but that book's publication postdates Hendrix's death by ~12 years. The artificial sun of _The Sands of Mars_ appears in Mars orbit, not Jupiter orbit, and there is no discussion in _The Sands of Mars_ of creating an artificial sun around Jupiter. The mere use by Hendrix of the phrase "Jupiter Sun" is not specific enough, in any case, to prove that he was referring to Clarke's fiction even if that were chronologically possible:.

Your points are valid, thanks. I am no Hendrix fan and did not write that bit. I added the need for a citation.

For Jupiter, he re-used the idea in 2010: Odyssey Two. I assume this is what the reference means. --GwydionM (talk) 09:13, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]