{"product_id":"the-martian-chronicles-9780006479239","title":"The Martian Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe strange and wonderful tale of man’s experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions.The classic work that transformed Ray Bradbury into a household name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the age of the atom when America and Europe optimisitcally viewed the discovery of life on Mars as inevitable, Bradbury’s 1940s short stories of a brutal, stark and unforgiving martian landscape were as shocking and visionary as they were insightful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Martian Chronicles’ tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a pin dot. Those few that survived found no welcome. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore rockets arrived from Earth, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ray Bradbury\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScience fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 Sep 1995 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ray Bradbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320593359226,"sku":"9780006479239","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780006479239.jpg?v=1790658658","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-martian-chronicles-9780006479239","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}