num_pages: 235
description: 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.See alternate cover edition with this ISBN here.
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: 254214
places: Mars
series: Monarch Notes
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: Analog Award
category: All-Time Best Book
publisher: HarperCollins