Articles written by Jim Anderson & Ron Torkildson

Jim Anderson and Ron Torkildson|Updated Aug 14, 2007

There is a 2003-vintage Mars e-mail hoax making the rounds again. It claims that on August 27, THIS YEAR Mars will be so close to Earth that it will "look as large as the moon." Not so! If Mars were that close we would crash into it or be infected with "Mars Fever." Edgar Rice Burroughs had Mars Fever for years when he wrote "A Princess of Mars," his first fantasy about the Red Planet. Then, he followed that with "John Carter of Mars" and "The Gods of Mars." It's a wonder he didn't arrange for Tarzan of the Apes to visit... Full story