num_pages: 182
description: RAY BRADBURYA consumate storyteller, Ray Bradbury is America's preeminent master of the fantastic. Poignant and satiric, eerie and poetic. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES is Bradbury's masterwork, a modern classic that has enchanted millions of readers worldwide.THE MARTIAN CHRONICLESLeaving behind a world on the brink of destruction, man came to Mars and found the Martians waiting, dreamlike. Seeking the promise of a new beginning, man brought with him his oldest fears and his deepest desires. Man conquered Mars, and in that instant, Mars conquered him. The strange new world with its ancient, dying race and vast, red-gold deserts cast a spell on him, seeped into his bones and changed man forever.Description from back cover
language: English
title: The Martian Chronicles
titlecomplete: The Martian Chronicles
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, American, Short Stories, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Space, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 254257
places: Mars
series: Monarch Notes
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: Analog Award
category: All-Time Best Book
publisher: Bantam Books