In The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, one of America’s most beloved authors, 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. 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.

The Martian Chronicles is a classic work of twentieth-century literature. In connected, chronological stories, Bradbury exposes our ambitions, weaknesses, and ignorance in a strange and breathtaking world where humanity does not belong. This is a 75th anniversary paperback edition of the book.

Softcover paperback size, 307 pages. 2025 edition of the original text.