. . . "Readers of this blog who may be familiar with Richard Hoagland???s own publications may recognize both of these titles as plays on Hoagland???s books, ???The Monuments of Mars??? and ???Dark Mission.??? The latter was co-written with Mike Bara, and this interview was about Bara???s own, single-author book, ???The Choice.??? Most of that book is about normal new-agey stuff with the basic premise th" .