Mars, the New Earth – Polish book and newspaper interview

Andrew May Mars book in Polish

Last year, as I wrote in a blog post at the time, I was pleased to have an article published jointly in the Observer newspaper and on the Guardian website. To match that, I’ve now had an interview in the print and online versions of Gazeta Wyborcza, a Polish newspaper which (as far as I’ve been able to ascertain) has a similar reputation and readership to the Guardian and Observer in the UK. This is in connection with the publication of a Polish translation of my book Destination Mars, originally published 8 years ago. The Polish version, pictured above, is called Mars, Nowa Ziemia: Historia eksploracji i plany podboju Czerwonej Planety, which according to Google means “Mars, the New Earth: A History of Exploration and Plans to Conquer the Red Planet” (despite having Polish family connections, I can’t read or speak the language, unfortunately).

The interview on the Gazeta Wyborcza site is behind a paywall, but you can read the beginning here. And here’s a screenshot of what is, as far as I know, my first appearance in the non-English-language media –