The Martian Chronicles

Jacket Description/Back: 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. Review Quotes: "A modern classic" --"The Washington Post"Review Quotes: "A wonderful storyteller.... Nearly everything he has written is sheer poetry." --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Review Quotes: "One of the greats of twentieth century American fantasy." --"Newsday"Review Quotes: "A giant... One of the country's most popular and prolific authors." --"Los Angeles Times"Review Quotes: "There is no simpler, yet deeper, stylist than Bradbury. Out of the plainest of words he creates images and moods that readers seem to carry with them forever." --"San Francisco Chronicle"Review Quotes: A modern classic "The Washington Post"Review Quotes: A giant One of the country s most popular and prolific authors. "Los Angeles Times"Review Quotes: One of the greats of twentieth century American fantasy. "Newsday"Review Quotes: There is no simpler, yet deeper, stylist than Bradbury. Out of the plainest of words he creates images and moods that readers seem to carry with them forever. "San Francisco Chronicle"Biographical Note: Ray Bradbury is the author of more than three dozen books, including "Fahrenheit 451," "The Illustrated Man," "Dandelion Wine," and "Something Wicked This Way Comes," as well as hundreds of short stories. He has written for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston's "Moby Dick" and the Emmy Award-winning teleplay "The Halloween Tree," and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for "The Ray Bradbury Theater." The recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors, Bradbury lives in Los Angeles. Review Quotes: A wonderful storyteller . Nearly everything he has written is sheer poetry. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Publisher Marketing: 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. Publisher Marketing: In "The Martian Chronicles, "Ray Bradbury, America's preeminent storyteller, imagines 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 vanished, devastated civilization. Earthmen conquer Mars and then are conquered by it, lulled by dangerous lies of comfort and familiarity, and enchanted by the lingering glamour of an ancient, mysterious native race. In this classic work of fiction, Bradbury exposes our ambitions, weaknesses, and ignorance in a strange and breathtaking world where man does not belong. Review Citations:

Audio File 03/01/2010 pg. 61 (EAN 9781433293511, Compact Disc)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 734 (EAN 9780385050609, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Bradbury, Ray Ray Bradbury (1920 2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston s Moby Dick and the Emmy Award winning teleplay The Halloween Tree, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for The Ray Bradbury Theater. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.