The Martian Chronicles

Bradbury, Ray

ISBN 10: 0881030333 ISBN 13: 9780881030334

Synopsis

Leaving behind a world on the brink of destruction, man came to the Red planet and found the Martians waiting, dreamlike. Seeking the promise of a new beginning, man brought with him his oldest fears and his deepest desires. Man conquered Mars—and in that instant, Mars conquered him. The strange new world with its ancient, dying race and vast, red-gold deserts cast a spell on him, settled into his dreams, and changed him forever. Here are the captivating chronicles of man and Mars—the modern classic by the peerless Ray Bradbury.
From the Paperback edition.

About this title

Review:

"A modern classic" --"The Washington Post"

"A wonderful storyteller....Nearly everything he has written is sheer poetry." --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

"One of the greats of twentieth century American fantasy." --"Newsday"

"A giant...One of the country's most popular and prolific authors." --"Los Angeles Times"

"There is no simpler, yet deeper, stylist than Bradbury. Out of the plainest of words he creates images and moods that readers seem to carry with them forever." --"San Francisco Chronicle"

From the Back Cover:

Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams and metaphor - of crystal pillars and fossil seas - where a fine dust settles on the great, empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars...and then is conquered by it, lulled by dangerous lies of comfort and familiarity, and enchanted by the lingering glamour of an ancient, mysterious native race.

About this edition

• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0881030333
• ISBN 13: 9780881030334
• Binding: School & Library Binding