The Man Who Loved Mars is a 1973 science fantasy novel by Lin Carter, the first in his Mysteries of Mars series, heavily inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Leigh Brackett. It follows Earthman Ivo Tengren on a quest to the lost Martian city of Ilionis, a journey that uncovers ancient secrets and a valuable treasure, blending pulp adventure with a nostalgic vision of Mars as a world of canals, oceans, and lost civilizations, rather than the desert world of contemporary science.
