{"product_id":"martian-chronicles-1","title":"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 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Martian Chronicles","offer_id":46140341420229,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-00-647923-9.jpg?v=1777436308","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/martian-chronicles-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}