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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780006479239
eBay Product ID (ePID)89495628
Product Key Features
Publication Year1995
TopicShort Stories, Books
Book TitleThe Martian Chronicles
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorRay Bradbury
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight220 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRay Bradbury