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.
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From "Rocket Summer" to "The Million-Year Picnic," Ray Bradbury's stories of the colonization of Mars form an eerie mesh of past and future. Written in the 1940s, the chronicles drip with nostalgic atmosphere--shady porches with tinkling pitchers of lemonade, grandfather clocks, chintz-covered sofas. But longing for this comfortable past proves dangerous in every way to Bradbury's characters--the golden-eyed Martians as well as the humans. Starting in the far-flung future of 1999, expedition after expedition leaves Earth to investigate Mars. The Martians guard their mysteries well, but they are decimated by the diseases that arrive with the rockets. Colonists appear, most with ideas no more lofty than starting a hot-dog stand, and with no respect for the culture they've displaced.
Bradbury's quiet exploration of a future that looks so much like the past is sprinkled with lighter material. In "The Silent Towns," the last man on Mars hears the phone ring and ends up on a comical blind date. But in most of these stories, Bradbury holds up a mirror to humanity that reflects a shameful treatment of "the other," yielding, time after time, a harvest of loneliness and isolation. Yet the collection ends with hope for renewal, as a colonist family turns away from the demise of the Earth towards a new future on Mars. Bradbury is a master fantasist and The Martian Chronicles are an unforgettable work of art. --Blaise Selby -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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“A modern classic” —The Washington Post
“A giant…One of the country’s most popular and prolific authors.” —Los Angeles Times
“One of the greats of twentieth century American fantasy.” —Newsday
“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
“A wonderful storyteller….Nearly everything he has written is sheer poetry.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A giant…One of the country’s most popular and prolific authors.” —Los Angeles Times
“One of the greats of twentieth century American fantasy.” —Newsday
“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
“A wonderful storyteller….Nearly everything he has written is sheer poetry.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Bradburys Bilder sind nicht nur fantastisch oder futuristisch, sie sind fremdartig und doch vertraut. Wer glaubt, es handle sich um herkömmliche SF Literatur, mit der mancher nichts anzufangen weiss, der täuscht sich gewaltig. Bradburys Geschichten greifen menschennahe, "erdgebundene" Themen auf, die in einem anderen Gewand als dem gewohnten über seine zauberhafte Marskulisse wandeln. Die Mars Chroniken, sie könnten nicht menschlicher, nicht gesellschaftskritischer, nicht direkter adressiert sein. Ebenso tiefgründig sind seine Zeichen, mit denen er Vorgänge und Hintergründe lediglich akzentuiert, uns bloss erahnen lässt, was zwischen den Zeilen und einzelnen Geschichten geschieht.
Seine Worte schmecken trotz allem nach "Oldschool" SF. Beim Lesen wiederfährt es uns, dass wir viele Geschichten wiedererkennen, da sie viele Blüten des Genres inspiriert haben. Sei es im TV oder Kino, man hat sich vielseitig an Ray Bradburys Visionen bedient. Der Originallektüre tut dies jedoch keinen Abbruch. Sie bleibt das Original, das fremdartige und doch vertraute Original. Absolut empfehlenswert, für SF Newbies ebenso wie für Feinschmecker oder gar Kostverächter des Genres.
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Seine Worte schmecken trotz allem nach "Oldschool" SF. Beim Lesen wiederfährt es uns, dass wir viele Geschichten wiedererkennen, da sie viele Blüten des Genres inspiriert haben. Sei es im TV oder Kino, man hat sich vielseitig an Ray Bradburys Visionen bedient. Der Originallektüre tut dies jedoch keinen Abbruch. Sie bleibt das Original, das fremdartige und doch vertraute Original. Absolut empfehlenswert, für SF Newbies ebenso wie für Feinschmecker oder gar Kostverächter des Genres.
Tip: Lesen Sie das Buch, nachdem Sie es beendet haben, gleich noch einmal. Und achten Sie auf den Regen... ;-)
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Let's see here: A man builds a reproduction of the House of Usher, an alien impersonates a lost child, an ironic tale of the last man and woman on Mars, the story of a house after the end of the world. The only thing that links them is the planet Mars and the themes that run through out Bradbury's entire body of work. These stories, like most anything by Bradbury, are amazingly poignant and lyrical. This and Gene Wolfe's Fifth Head of Cerberus are perhaps the two best novels made up out of short stories ever writen.
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I started this book with high expectations and perhaps that's part of the reason that I didn't find it as enjoyable or profound as I had hoped. Bradbury paints the future of Earth and humankind as bleak. For example, every human in it seems to have a Redneck persona. The few that don't are examples of genius gone mad. The Martians aren't presented as being any more sophisticated. The only real difference between them and Earth people is that they have telepathic powers. I realize that I'm reading this book 50+ years after the first publication, and perhaps Bradbury really had this pessimistic outlook on mankind, but it's hard to believe, as Bradbury wants us to do, that a people could achieve travel to Mars if everyone in that world acted like they're out of a poorly scripted Western. For example, one would assume that the first ships to Mars would have only the brightest and best trained astronauts on board, but those ships are manned by astronauts that act like a bunch of squabbling kids at camp with guns added. In short, lots of major points in this book just don't make sense.
The book is extremely sexist. Nearly every single male (Earthling or Martian) is either stupid, gullible, easy to anger or ready to kill. With only one exception (the old man in The Martian) the only ones that show any compassion are crazed lunatics (also doing killing). All of the Women are presented as docile, subservient and nonviolent (lets get real). Even
assuming that Bradbury was writing the book as a warning as to what the world may become and how we may ultimately destroy ourselves, a more realistic range of personalities would have made the book more believable and, therefore, more effective.
With that said, there are several stories in the book that are very well done in their own right. They were released as short stories before inclusion into the book showing that they can stand on their own. Usher II is definitely the highlight of the book. Another is, There Will Come Soft Rains.
I gave the book three stars because, in spite of my objections, I think the book is readable and does have an important message.
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A superb work captivating and relaxing, poetic prose and tenderness in...
Bradbury builds his messages using ingredients of a better world taken from our collective unconscious. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 19 Tagen von ÁM. veröffentlicht
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Ein Sci-Fi Klassiker voller Witz, Poesie und Fantasie
Die Mars-Chroniken von Ray Bradbury sind weniger ein Roman, als eine Science-Fiktion Kurzgeschichtensammlung zum Thema Kolonisierung des Mars. Lesen Sie weiter...
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Golden Classic
I just love this book.
In the form of a classic 1950s science fiction novel (or rather collection of collected short stories) Ray Bradbury tells a sad and melancholic tale of... Lesen Sie weiter...
In the form of a classic 1950s science fiction novel (or rather collection of collected short stories) Ray Bradbury tells a sad and melancholic tale of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Oktober 2007 von Dr. Christian Renner
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Great Ironic Social Criticism in Science Fantasy Form
This book clearly deserves more than five stars. It is one of the most moving and important set of observations about our human issues ever written in either science fiction or... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. August 2007 von Donald Mitchell
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about this edition
This review is about the Flamingo edition I bought (ISBN-10: 0006479235).
In this Flamingo edition the chapter called "Usher II" is missing. Lesen Sie weiter...
In this Flamingo edition the chapter called "Usher II" is missing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Mai 2007 von cachai
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SF Excellence
I'm frankly surprised this magnificent collection of short-stories isn't rated higher. This is a can't miss book.
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juli 2000 von Jason Saul
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Pretty forward thinking for something over 40 years old!
Two things struck me about this book: 1) The title says "Martian Chronicles" and it is just that, a set of stories which are chronicles about Mars, and 2) As much as I... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Juli 2000 von Kathleen Weber
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A unique series on it's own
Bradbury's 'The Martian Chronicles' subjects a reader to an entirely different series of stories. The collection of stories is more of an account of various observations and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Juni 2000 von Michael Delaware
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Look in the Mirror!
Dear Reader... I think that the Martian Chronicles was a great book. It is one of those stories that shows the good guys as the bad guys. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Juni 2000 von "impulse-x"
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not so great
i read this book with some classmates last year. i am now a sophmore in high school. this book was in the teens section, under fantasy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Juni 2000 von "nakidoreo"
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