The Martian Chronicles

About this book

This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel about a future colonization of Mars. As the stories progress chronologically the author tells how the first humans colonized Mars, initially sharing the planet with a handful of Martians. When Earth is devastated by nuclear war the colony is left to fend for itself and the colonists determine to build a new Earth on Mars.

Subjects

  • ameerika
  • american science fiction
  • bibliography
  • ciencia-ficción
  • drama
  • english language short stories
  • ficción
  • fiction
  • fiction, science fiction, general
  • interplanetary voyages
  • long now manual for civilization
  • science fiction
  • space colonies
  • translations into russian