The Martian Chronicles - (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Ray D Bradbury (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Before the advent of space flight, Ray Bradbury had humankind cultivating planets. In "The Martian Chronicles", humanity discovers an ancient civilization on the verge of ruin. This classic work presents tales of human interaction with one another and with the Martians.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Ray Bradbury's <em>The Martian Chronicles </em>is a must-read for any fan of science fiction or fantasy, a crucial precursor to films like <em>Avatar </em>and <em>Alien </em>and books like Kim Stanley Robinson's <em>Red Mars </em>and Dan Simmons' <em>Hyperion</em>, and a haunting prophesy of humanity's destiny to bring our old dreams and follies along with us wherever we may venture forth.</strong></p><p>Soar above the fossil seas and crystal pillars of a dead world in the pages of Ray Bradbury's <em>The Martian Chronicles. </em>A milestone of American literature, Bradbury's classic collection of interconnected vignettes about life on the red planet diverges from the <em>War of the Worlds </em>theme, in which humanity must defend its shores against its neighbors, for in Bradbury's prismatic vision, humanity is the conqueror, colonizing Mars to escape an Earth devastated by atomic war and environmental catastrophe. </p><br/><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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.
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