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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

ISBN: 9780007119622
Release Date: 03 Dec 2001
Average rating: (read by 85 members)

Categories: Science fiction

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions. Now part of the Voyager Classics collection. 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 fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up. But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, 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.

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	toomanynouns
	Rated it 3 months ago

The range of subject matter and emotion covered by this book is amazing. This is a great way to get to know Ray Bradbury as an author.

	fam6ali
	Rated it 5 months ago

It is a facinating book full of future wonders.

	AndyM
	Rated it 6 months ago

Classic sci-fi romanticism. A must-read for fans of the old days of sci-fi short stories and weird tales.

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