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The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization [Audio Download]

by Ray Bradbury (Author), The Colonial Radio Players (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 5 hours and 34 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: The Colonial Radio Theatre on Brilliance Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 7 Jun 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00550IOOE
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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The people of Earth are preparing for war - a war that could potentially destroy the planet. Explorers are sent to Mars to find a new place for humans to colonize. 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.

The Martian Chronicles is presented here as a full-cast audio production with an original music score and thousands of sound effects by the award winning Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air. It marks their fourth collaboration with one of the most celebrated fiction writers of our time: Ray Bradbury.

©1946 Ray Bradbury; (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Martian Chronicles has stood up well to the test of time. The issues it deals with such as war and human angst are as relevant today as they ever were. I'd read the first 100 pages before I even realised what time it was! I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys not only science fiction, but also to anyone who enjoys reading a book that will make them think. It's a good read although sometimes Bradbury's observations into human nature will have you squirming uncomfortably.

Be warned, don't start to read this late at night, it'll be early morning before you put it down.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
WOW! 30 Jan 2000
Format:Paperback
This book is excellent. The plot is well concieved and the idea of martians living out their lives as us earthlings, intriging. The epic adventure and irony of the tale is like on other. BUY BUY BUY! You won't regret it. You will never be able to put it down!
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Mars is heaven. 31 Oct 2002
By M. S. Richards VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
The Martian Chronicles is a genre classic that details mankind's numerous attempts to colonise the red planet. From the outset, you are drawn into Ray Bradbury's charming yet heartbreaking allegory of the conquest of the New World. As in the historical Americas, many of Mars' native inhabitants succumb to the diseases brought by the human settlers, who themselves fall prey to their own greed and loneliness. These stories are both beautiful and tragic and I defy anyone not to be quietly moved by 'The Martian', a wonderful tale of love and loss. Bradbury has the uncanny ability to reach into your chest and play with your heart.
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Unlike anything else
I came to this with a vague recollection of the early 80's TV version and had expectations based upon a 60 years of good reviews. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Simon Day
The Martian Chronicles
A quite brilliant audio book. It is exceptionally well read and the listener is engaged by the reader. Read more
Published 11 months ago by John
A string of pearls...
When this was written, of course Bradbury and pretty much everybody knew there are no Martians... Of course there were no magnificent cities on Mars and no shape shifting... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Palmyra
It's Bradbury's Planet
Ray Bradbury is one of the best-known science fiction writers of two generations ago. His distinctive soft-science style helped to offset science fiction's early flood of space... Read more
Published 11 months ago by John M. Ford
First Class
The Martian Chronicles is a collection of brilliantly imagined short stories all of which interlink with each other to create a fantastic science fiction novel. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Code Hero
Bradbury at his best
Bradbury's Martian chronicles are the true masterpiece from the 'Writers writer'. As much as 'Something Wicked' and 'Fahrenheit' are both classics in their own way, it is in short... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Robin White
The Martian Chronicles - Audio Book
The Martian Chronicles - Audio Book - I shalln't go on about its messages, its allegories or its brilliance as many have said that here already - many years ago I borrowed the... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Madarty
Superb without a doubt
Abridged audio books always tend to disappoint as they miss out so much detail, this however does not disappoint, it is unabridged, word for word the work of the amazing sci-fi... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Helpless
A great book!
I first came across the writing of Ray Bradbury from a recommendation from a guy I met at college.

We'd both enrolled in an effective speaking workshop, of all things. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2009 by D Anthony Evans
A 20th century classic
Forget SF - this is one of the great novels of the 20th century! It's like a space age version of Gulliver's Travels, despite what the title makes you think.
Published on 20 Sep 2009 by hippychic
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