{"product_id":"9780006479239","title":"The Martian Chronicles","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bradbury, Ray \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScience fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 September 1995 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperVoyager) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 138 x 18 | 220g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strange and wonderful tale of mans 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\u003e Written in the age of the atom when America and Europe optimisitcally viewed the discovery of life on Mars as inevitable, Bradburys 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 humanitys 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\u003e More 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","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39943312965819,"sku":"9780006479239","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780006479239.jpg?v=1713449772","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9780006479239","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}