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The Martian Chronicles

byRay Bradbury

Genres: Science Fiction Space Exploration Biopunk

Who is this book for? Readers interested in science fiction, space exploration, and philosophical themes.

Topics Interplanetary colonizationMarsFuture societiesSurvivalHuman-mars relationsNuclear war aftermathColonization challengesNew earth creationMartian civilizationExplorationIdentityHuman Nature

MoodReflective

ViolenceMild

The strange and wonderful tale of man’s experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions.The classic work that transformed Ray Bradbury into a household name.Written in the age of the atom when America and Europe optimisitcally viewed the discovery of life on Mars as inevitable, Bradbury’s 1940s short stories of a brutal, stark and unforgiving martian landscape were as shocking and visionary as they were insightful.‘The Martian Chronicles’ tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a pin dot. Those few that survived found no welcome. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.More rockets arrived from Earth, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them – and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Language

Published on

09/11/1995

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780006479239

Price Comparison

9.99 £

12.99 €

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