Ray Bradbury’s
The Martian Chronicles
is a must-read for any fan of science fiction or fantasy, a crucial precursor to films like
Avatar
and
Alien
and books like Kim Stanley Robinson’s
Red Mars
and Dan Simmons’
Hyperion
, and a haunting prophesy of humanity’s destiny to bring our old dreams and follies along with us wherever we may venture forth.
Soar above the fossil seas and crystal pillars of a dead world in the pages of Ray Bradbury’s
The Martian Chronicles.
A milestone of American literature, Bradbury’s classic collection of interconnected vignettes about life on the red planet diverges from the
War of the Worlds
theme, in which humanity must defend its shores against its neighbors, for in Bradbury’s prismatic vision, humanity is the conqueror, colonizing Mars to escape an Earth devastated by atomic war and environmental catastrophe.