"Martian Chronicles" - a series of stories by Ray Bradbury, related to a single theme and dedicated to expeditions to Mars, the first contact with extraterrestrial civilizations and the development of the alluring red planet, in which people find their shelter and new home.
"Martian chronicles" consist of separate stories with often unrelated plots. At first they did not think as continuing each other, Bradbury collected them in one book only on the advice of the publisher after most of them were written. This can be seen in the text itself. Although the "Martian Chronicles" is called a novel, because that's how they were presented in the first edition, the stories sometimes contradict each other, they differ in mood, they describe different situations, and sometimes even as if different …show more content…
The book is written simply, but fascinatingly and vividly. The stories gradually lead us to a piercing and sad ending in which humanity, like in the novel "451 degrees Fahrenheit", still has some hope of revival and change, the construction of a new world.
In the book, Mars is not at all what it really is. There is oxygen, its atmosphere is suitable for our breath, the soil is rich and fertile, its magical properties even allow for a short time to grow dense forests everywhere. All this does not correspond to our current knowledge about this planet. But Bradbury did not pretend to be certain.
The mood and style of most stories are like a fairy tale or a parable, the writer himself in one of the interviews identified the genre of the book as a fantasy. Bradbury even often called himself a storyteller, it seemed to him a good definition for his method and style, his creativity and task. Well, with this one could quite agree. But, no matter how you define the genre, no matter how much you talk about the integrity or heterogeneity of the works, "Martian Chronicles" is an interesting and worthy book that is worth reading. She is extraordinarily
"Martian chronicles" consist of separate stories with often unrelated plots. At first they did not think as continuing each other, Bradbury collected them in one book only on the advice of the publisher after most of them were written. This can be seen in the text itself. Although the "Martian Chronicles" is called a novel, because that's how they were presented in the first edition, the stories sometimes contradict each other, they differ in mood, they describe different situations, and sometimes even as if different …show more content…
The book is written simply, but fascinatingly and vividly. The stories gradually lead us to a piercing and sad ending in which humanity, like in the novel "451 degrees Fahrenheit", still has some hope of revival and change, the construction of a new world.
In the book, Mars is not at all what it really is. There is oxygen, its atmosphere is suitable for our breath, the soil is rich and fertile, its magical properties even allow for a short time to grow dense forests everywhere. All this does not correspond to our current knowledge about this planet. But Bradbury did not pretend to be certain.
The mood and style of most stories are like a fairy tale or a parable, the writer himself in one of the interviews identified the genre of the book as a fantasy. Bradbury even often called himself a storyteller, it seemed to him a good definition for his method and style, his creativity and task. Well, with this one could quite agree. But, no matter how you define the genre, no matter how much you talk about the integrity or heterogeneity of the works, "Martian Chronicles" is an interesting and worthy book that is worth reading. She is extraordinarily