The Martian Chronicles Prebound - 2012
by Ray D. Bradbury
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.
About this book
From the rear cover
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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- Title The Martian Chronicles
- Author Ray D. Bradbury
- Binding Prebound
- Edition Bound for Schoo
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Turtleback Books
- Date 2012-04
- ISBN 9780606263016 / 0606263012
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.9 in (17.02 x 10.92 x 2.29 cm)
- Reading level 740
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Life on other planets
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC