The Martian Chronicles

Bradbury, Ray

ISBN 10: 0006479235 / ISBN 13: 9780006479239

Verlag: HarperCollins / Flamingo

Beschreibung

© 1950: A collection of 26 short stories by Ray Bradbury. Unknown publication date. 2nd printing of 1995 edition. A part of the Flamingo Modern Classics series of books. Also published under the title 'The Silver Locusts':- Contents: Rocket Summer / Ylla / The Summer Night / The Earth Men / The Taxpayer / The Third Expedition / And The Moon Be Still As Bright / The Settlers / The Green Morning / The Locusts / Night Meeting / The Shore / Interim / The Musicians / Way In The Middle Of The Air / The Naming Of Names / Usher II / The Old Ones / The Martian / The Luggage Store / The Off Season / The Watchers / The Silent Towns / The Long Years / There Will Come Soft Rains / The Million-Year Picnic:- Synopsis: 'The Martian Chronicles' tell the world-famous story of humanity's repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up. But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them - and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame:- Review(s): "The bitter irony of 'The Martian Chronicles' is both stark and shocking" - Guardian / "The laureate of science fiction" - Manchester Evening News / "The king of science fiction" - Mail On Sunday / "Bradbury has a remarkable range and intensity of vision" - The Sunday Times:- (original cost £5.99). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22.095.00016

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Martian Chronicles

Verlag: HarperCollins / Flamingo

Einband: Paperback: 7¾" x 5"

Illustrator: Cover Art: George Snow

Zustand: Good: Moderate signs of wear

Auflage: 1995 Edition

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Críticas:

‘The bitter irony of The Martian Chronicles is both stark and shocking’ Guardian

‘As a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else’ Daily Telegraph

‘The sheer velocity of his words is an apocalyptic torrent which sweeps the reader on’ Independent

‘No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. he seems to be a American Dylan Thomas’ Sunday Telegraph