- Paperback: 145 pages
- Publisher: Prentice-Hall (1 Jan 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671647555
- ISBN-13: 978-0671647551
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,296,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From "Rocket Summer" to "The Million-Year Picnic", Ray Bradbury's stories of the colonization of Mars form an eerie mesh of past and future. Written in the 1940s, the chronicles drip with nostalgic atmosphere--shady porches with tinkling pitchers of lemonade, grandfather clocks, chintz-covered sofas. But longing for this comfortable past proves dangerous in every way to Bradbury's characters--the golden-eyed Martians as well as the humans. Starting in the far-flung future of 1999, expedition after expedition leaves Earth to investigate Mars. The Martians guard their mysteries well, but they are decimated by the diseases that arrive with the rockets. Colonists appear, most with ideas no more lofty than starting a hot-dog stand, and with no respect for the culture they've displaced.
Bradbury's quiet exploration of a future that looks so much like the past is sprinkled with lighter material. In "The Silent Towns", the last man on Mars hears the phone ring and ends up on a comical blind date. But in most of these stories, Bradbury holds up a mirror to humanity that reflects a shameful treatment of "the other", yielding, time after time, a harvest of loneliness and isolation. Yet the collection ends with hope for renewal, as a colonist family turns away from the demise of the Earth towards a new future on Mars. Bradbury is a master fantasist and The Martian Chronicles is an unforgettable work of art. --Blaise Selby
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
An awesome book with aliens
31 Jan 2007
From the sixth through the tenth grade, I read this book at least twice a year. I did a book report on it at least once a year (depending on whether I had a new english teacher or not). It is a collection of short stories about Mars, arranged into chronilogical order, from the first man to set foot on Mars, down to the destruction of the Earth and chronicles the demise of the native martians and the colonization of Mars by Humans over a period of about a century.
Not all of the stories are of equal length or quality; most are great, but some are mediocre. A couple of highlights for me were the story about the House of Usher, which is where some one recreates the stories of Edgar Allan Poe in a house on Mars, and also all the bits with the native Martians. This is one of my very favorite books of all time.
Not all of the stories are of equal length or quality; most are great, but some are mediocre. A couple of highlights for me were the story about the House of Usher, which is where some one recreates the stories of Edgar Allan Poe in a house on Mars, and also all the bits with the native Martians. This is one of my very favorite books of all time.
The martians
23 Mar 2005
Format:Paperback
I think that the Martian Chronicles is a cool book and should have Cliff Notes.I also think that the with the whole story being about the future it has some really cool stuff in it.
Viviana Pendragon
Viviana Pendragon
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great. Best book I've ever read.
5 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
This book is great. Great book to read for the mellenium
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