The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury referred to "The Martian Chronicles" as "a book of stories pretending to be a novel". He credited a diverse set of literary influences that had an effect on the structure and literary style of "The Martian Chronicles", among them Sherwood Anderson, William Shakespeare, Saint-John Perse, and John Steinbeck, as well as Edgar Rice Burroughs, particularly the Barsoom stories and John Carter of Mars books.