The Martian Chronicles
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 October 2011
Summary
Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles is a must-read for any fan of classic science fiction or speculative fantasy, a crucial precursor to films like Avatar and Alien and books like Red Mars and Hyperion, and a haunting prophesy of humanity’s destiny to bring our old dreams and follies along with us wherever we may venture forth.
Soar above the fossil seas and crystal pillars of a dead world in the pages of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Ch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780062079930 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 006207993X |
| Author: | Ray Bradbury |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
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“A prescient, lyrical writer with an abiding hatred for intolerance, Bradbury influenced generations of readers and many of our most famous dreamers, from Stephen King to Steven Spielberg.” - Junot Diaz
“How I passed so much of my life without devouring everything Ray Bradbury has ever read is beyond me…on the bright side, how fortunate I am to experience all this for the first time! My God.” - R. F. Kuang
“What has this man from Illinois done that episodes from the conquest of another planet leave me in terror and loneliness, I question, as I close the pages of his book… .In this book of phantasmagoric experiences, Bradbury has put his empty Sundays, his American boredom, his loneliness, just like Sinclair Lewis did in Main Street.” - Jorge Luis Borges
“The Martian Chronicles was the first science fiction book to make me feel a character’s righteous rage… and the first science fiction book to make me feel loss and loneliness in my gut, doing it without featuring a single human, save as a shadow on a wall… The Martian Chronicles, in short showed me what words can truly do. It showed me magic.” - John Scalzi
“Mars in his hands…is not a place described with scientific accuracy or even much consistency, but a state of mind…. Space ships are not miracles of technology, but psychic conveyances, serving the same purpose as Dorothy’s whirlwind-borne house in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, or the trance of the traditional shaman: they get you to the Otherworld.” - Margaret Atwood
About The Author
Ray Bradbury
In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.
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