Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006479239
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0006479235
Label: HarperVoyager
Manufacturer: HarperVoyager
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 11, 1995
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Studio: HarperVoyager

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Rating: - Not a classic, just very weird
I know I seem to be in a minority but I really don't understand what all the fuss is about with this book as I found it a very incoherent and, at times, nonsensical read. The title promises much, I was expecting a fascinating account of life on Mars from the point of view of newly arrived colonists. But what I got is a bunch of surreal and disjointed short stories that I struggled to make any sense of. The book's certainly not the traditional sci-fi storytelling you'd expect from a book of this era, ... Read More

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Rating: - Mars is heaven.
The Martian Chronicles is a genre classic that details mankind's numerous attempts to colonise the red planet. From the outset, you are drawn into Ray Bradbury's charming yet heartbreaking allegory of the conquest of the New World. As in the historical Americas, many of Mars' native inhabitants succumb to the diseases brought by the human settlers, who themselves fall prey to their own greed and loneliness. These stories are both beautiful and tragic and I defy anyone not to be quietly moved by 'The ... Read More

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Rating: - As spell binding now as it ever was.
The Martian Chronicles has stood up well to the test of time. The issues it deals with such as war and human angst are as relevant today as they ever were. I'd read the first 100 pages before I even realised what time it was! I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys not only science fiction, but also to anyone who enjoys reading a book that will make them think. It's a good read although sometimes Bradbury's observations into human nature will have you squirming uncomfortably.

Be warned, ... Read More

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Rating: - A Portent of Doom
I first read The Martian Chronicles in my early 20's. I recall seeing a BBCtv serial of the book some years earlier, and it had been my kind of Sci-Fi. I hoped the book would live up to the television programme, and I was pleased to find that it did. In fact, as is often the case, the book made sense of some of the more obscure events of the TV programme. Fifteen years on, I purchased this book to read again, along with The Golden Apples of the Sun, a collection of Bradbury short stories. I read Golden Apples ... Read More

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Rating: - I, Mars
Ray Bradbury wrote a lot of short stories set on Mars. 'The Martian Chronicles' collects most of them together in one book, arranged so as to form a loose story which, in typical Bradbury style, is actually about America, and not Mars at all. Bradbury is a writer first and a sci-fi writer second, and if you're expecting endless descriptions of nuclear propulsion you probably won't like this book. Because of this, it's one of the few sci-fi books from the period that hasn't dated. It's also one of the ultimate ... Read More

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