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The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury · 1950 · Novel

Setting: near future (1999-2026)

Synopsis

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.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: American Science fictionCiencia-ficciónDramaEnglish Language Short storiesFicciónFictionInterplanetary voyagesTranslations into RussianBibliographyScience fiction

isfdb_id: 755081

openlibrary_id: OL103134W

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