Lilac Mars (short story)

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Lilac Mars

Main character(s):

Featuring:

Main setting:

Mars, the 27th century

Key crew

Writers:

Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham

Release details

Part of:

Iris Wildthyme of Mars

Format:

Short story

Iris Wildthyme
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Lilac Mars was the ninth story in the anthology Iris Wildthyme of Mars. Written by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham, it featured the return of their character Megali Scoblow and the same version of Mars previously explored in their Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures novel Beige Planet Mars.

Summary

to be added

Characters

Worldbuilding

Scoblow returned to Mars in 2613.
Scoblow is known to the Xlanthi as "Bringer of Tears and Unwelcome Feelings".
Scoblow has a lifetime ban from the Lego Club of Earth.

Notes

Megali Scoblow's previous two appearances were also co-written by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham.
Geb's situation parodies Sutekh's in Pyramids of Mars.
Geb says that an Egyptian deity has been played by Julian Glover. It's Upuat in the Faction Paradox audio series.

Continuity

It is mentioned that Scoblow was formerly a professor at Santa Diana University (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars) and formerly the owner of an escort agency on Eros. (AUDIO: Venus Mantrap)

External links

to be added

Iris Wildthyme series

Big Finish Productions

Audio

Prose

Wildthyme on Top

Most Horrid • The Sleuth Slayers • Minions of the Moon • Beguine • Blame Iris • Came to Believe • Rough Magic • The Mancunian Candidate • Iris and Irregularity • The Evil Little Mother and the Tragic Old Bat

Novels

Enter Wildthyme • Wildthyme Beyond! • From Wildthyme with Love

Short stories

Resurrection Engines

Talented Witches

Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus	A Gamble with Wildthyme • Sovereign • The Unhappy Medium • Future Legend • Battleship Anathema • The Dreadful Flap • And Not a Drop to Drink • Iris Wildthyme y Señor Cientocinco contra Los Monstruos del Fiesta • Why? Because We Like You • The Scarlet Shadow • Only Living Girls

The Panda Book of Horror	Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost • Framed • Just the Ticket • The Party in Room Four • Party Kill Accelerator! • Apocalypse Slough • The Delightful Bag • Iris Wildthyme's Rainy Day Adventure • The Colour Scheme • Shadow of the Times Before • The Fag Hag from Hell • The Niceness • Channel 666 • Brenda's B&B • The Panda Book of Horror • Untitled

Ms Wildthyme & Friends Investigate	The Found World • The Irredeemable Love • Elementary, My Dear Sheila • The Shape of Things

Iris: Abroad	Annabel Regina • Chicken Fried Banana Republic • The Midnight Washerwomen • The Little Bighorn Casino • How to Play Four-dimensional Chinese Checkers, and Win • Panda on Ice • Couch Potatoes • Riviera Shakedown • Iris Wildthyme and the Colonic in Space • First Meetings • The Best Holiday Ever • The Story Eater • Hospitality

Wildthyme in Purple	The Big Crunch • Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Time Canoe • Dance of the Voodoo Valkyries • Iris in Dead Man's Gulch • Her and Allan • Running with Caesars • Amser Gwyllt • The Bronze Door • Flash Rogers Conquers the Universe! • The Web of Terror • The Many Lives of Zorro • Fantômville • The Devil Wears Panda

Lady Stardust	Modern Love • Hang onto Yourself • Slip Away • Low/Profile • Up the Hill Backwards • Cracked Actor

Iris: Fifteen	The Ninnies on Putney Common • Gimme Shelter • Time to Exist • Party Fears Two • God Engine Rhapsody • Project: Wildthyme • Our Tune • The Wildthyme Effect • Ouroboros • In Passing • Iris at the V&A • The Golden Hendecahedron • Samsāra • Iris and the Caliphate • Mix Her Own Adventure • Scream in Blue • Dog Days of Summer

Iris Wildthyme of Mars	Wandering Stars • Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Bad Weekend • Iris: Chess-Mistress of Mars • Death on the Euphrates • And a Dog to Walk • Talking with Spores • Doomed • The Last Martian • Lilac Mars • City of Dust • The Calamari-Men of Mare Cimmerium • Green Mars Blues

The Perennial Miss Wildthyme	Death of the Author • Right vs Left vs Wrong • Wildthyme and the Wolf • Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear • The Girl Who Went up in Smoke • Onesies • The Opera of Samhain • A Grove Invisible • Michael Drake • The Midnight Empire • Self Possessed • Closure

A Clockwork Iris	Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart • The Woman Who Sold the Moon • The Story Sorters • Being • Iris and the Dame • Petite Fours, Petite Mort • Panda and the Airship • Rattus Erectus • Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack • Timepeace • Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Wildthyme • Another Clockwork Iris

Wild Thymes on the 22	The Heart Pendulums • Rain and Regency • Iris Wildthyme & the Bush Offensive • Drowned in Moonlight • The Most Faithful Panda in the World • Hillbilly Heavens • The Haberdasher's Tale • The Exploding Somewhat Inevitable • The Brightest Stars in the Demimonde • Starstation to Starstation • The Magrs Conundrum! • Untitled No. 22

Obverse Sextet	The Mystic Menagerie of Iris Wildthyme

The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme	Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror • Mother, Maiden, Crone

Others

Doctor Who Magazine

Bafflement and Devotion

Salt Publishing

Twelve Stories

In the Sixties

Arcbeatle Press

Down the Middle

Flickering Flame • The Aftermath

Independently published

Christmassy Tales

A Tingle of Happiness

Origin Stories

Velvet Hugs

The Verb

Iris Wildthyme Speaks...!

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