Talk:Red Planet (novel)

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[edit] One Church

Removed unrelated comment about one church. Many churches hold similar or related views and it is not really the place to get into it here. The church didn't even exist when the book was written. Hu 00:17, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)

[edit] "Larval Martian?"

As I recall, the theory about Willis being a larva is expressed in the conversation between Jim's father and the doctor at the end. While the 'baby Martian' is certainly the most likely to them, other possibilies are offered (including a lost pet). All that is really known is that Willis is somehow important to the Martians. CFLeon 21:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Guess we go to the book. Anyone have it handy? I won't be able to look until I get home from a trip.--Wehwalt 22:00, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

CFLeon is correct. Howwver, the metamorphosis of Marians from a "Nymph" form to an adult form is stated as fact in an omniscient-vp section of Stranger in a Strange Land, and RAH wrote (in Grumbles from the Grave) that he was using the Martians from Red Planet in Stranger. 205.210.232.62 (talk) 20:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

All the same, in the book, it is stated merely as a theory. We can find an appropriate way of rephrasing it if you aren't happy.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Quite true, it is so stated in the book Red Planet, and while the Martians appear to be the same, the history of Mars and Earth in RP is simply not consistant with the plot of Stranger, so what is said there cannot be safely taken as "proof" about the nature of the martians in RP. But the evidence for the conection from Grumbles is worth noting, i think. 205.210.232.62 (talk) 00:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fox cartoon

Perhaps someone could throw up a page, or a section on this page, about the Fox cartono miniseries that was based off of this book? I would do it but the problem is I don't remember anything about it. 18:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.40.130.199 (talk • contribs).

I don't remember much about it either, but that's why I added the split tag. Redeagle688 02:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I see no point in a split, simply because there is no text that you would remove from this article. You would still want a sentence noting that there was an adaptation. Just go write an article called Red Planet (cartoon series) or something similar.--Wehwalt 02:24, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

If someone creates a Red Planet (cartoon) article, we can link to it from here. Until then, I'll go ahead and remove that {{split}} tag. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 02:28, 14 January 2007 (UTC)