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24 titles for readers of Compassing Mars by Richard Strawn, selected for shared themes: Space Science, Epic, Poetry, and Science.

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Avatars of Wizardry Poetry Inspired by George Sterling’s “A Wine of Wizardry” and Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Hashish-Eater” — George Sterling

Avatars of Wizardry Poetry Inspired by George Sterling’s “A Wine of Wizardry” and Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Hashish-Eater&#8221

George Sterling

Themes: Space Science • Poetry • Science

Astronomicon: Volume 5, Liber Quintus — M. Manilius

Astronomicon: Volume 5, Liber Quintus

Themes: Space Science • Poetry • Science

Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School. Selected by the Author of Theory of Teaching, Elements of Astronomy, of the World as It Is, and as It a — Anna C. (Anna Cabot) Lowell

Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School. Selected by the Author of Theory of Teaching, Elements of Astronomy, of the World as It Is, and as It a

Anna C. (Anna Cabot) Lowell

Themes: Space Science • Poetry • Science

Lost in the Pleiades — Carmel Summers

Lost in the Pleiades

Themes: Space Science • Poetry • Science

The Lightness of Being Big Questions, Real Answers — Frank Wilczek

The Lightness of Being Big Questions, Real Answers

Themes: Space Science • Science

Structures in the Universe by Exact Methods Formation, Evolution, Interactions — Krzysztof Bolejko

Structures in the Universe by Exact Methods Formation, Evolution, Interactions

Krzysztof Bolejko

Themes: Space Science • Science

Worlds on Fire Volcanoes on the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Venus and Io — Charles Frankel

Worlds on Fire Volcanoes on the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Venus and Io

Charles Frankel

Themes: Space Science • Science

My Remarkable Journey A Memoir — Katherine G. Johnson

My Remarkable Journey A Memoir

Katherine G. Johnson

Themes: Space Science • Science

Moon Power (Conscious Guides) Empowerment through cyclical living — Merilyn Keskula

Moon Power (Conscious Guides) Empowerment through cyclical living

Merilyn Keskula

Themes: Space Science • Science

Bennu 3-D Anatomy of an Asteroid — Dante S. Lauretta

Bennu 3-D Anatomy of an Asteroid

Dante S. Lauretta

Themes: Space Science • Science

How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang — Harry Cliff

How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang

Themes: Space Science • Science

Until the End of Time Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe — Brian Greene

Until the End of Time Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

Themes: Space Science • Science

The Secrets of Uranus — Thomas K. Adamson

The Secrets of Uranus

Thomas K. Adamson

Themes: Space Science • Science

Other Worlds — Paul Davies

Themes: Space Science • Science

The Grand Biocentric Design How Life Creates Reality — Robert Lanza

The Grand Biocentric Design How Life Creates Reality

Themes: Space Science • Science

Who Let the Gods Out? — Maz Evans

Who Let the Gods Out?

Themes: Space Science • Science

Turn Left at Orion — Guy Consolmagno

Turn Left at Orion

Guy Consolmagno

Themes: Space Science • Science

Make: High-Power Rockets Construction and Certification for Thousands of Feet and Beyond — Mike Westerfield

Make: High-Power Rockets Construction and Certification for Thousands of Feet and Beyond

Mike Westerfield

Themes: Space Science • Science

The Six The Extraordinary Story of the Grit and Daring of America’s First Women Astronauts — Loren Grush

The Six The Extraordinary Story of the Grit and Daring of America’s First Women Astronauts

Themes: Space Science • Science

The Secret Life of the Universe An Astrobiologist’s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life — Nathalie A. Cabrol

The Secret Life of the Universe An Astrobiologist’s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life

Nathalie A. Cabrol

Themes: Space Science • Science

Q & A Cosmic Conundrums and Everyday Mysteries of Science — Robert Matthews

Q & A Cosmic Conundrums and Everyday Mysteries of Science

Robert Matthews

Themes: Space Science • Science

My Brief History — Stephen Hawking

My Brief History

Stephen Hawking

Themes: Space Science • Science

The US Navy’s Secret Space Program and Nordic Extraterrestrial Alliance — Michael Salla

The US Navy’s Secret Space Program and Nordic Extraterrestrial Alliance

Themes: Space Science • Science

Moonfire The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 — Norman Mailer

Moonfire The Epic Journey of Apollo 11

Themes: Space Science • Science

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Space Science, Epic, Poetry — the same threads that run through Compassing Mars by Richard Strawn. Among the authors featured: George Sterling, M. Manilius, Anna C. (Anna Cabot) Lowell, Carmel Summers, and others.

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