The Martian Chronicles

This is a strange and fascinating story about man's need to explore and conquer being extended beyond their own abilities. People from earth go to Mars and are greeted suspiciously as being insane. Later others come and are greeted negatively, then more and more come. It's a story of conquering a planet which, in turn, takes from the conquerors.

This is a collection of short stories that are connected. Very imaginative and intriguing.

Strange little intertwining stories of life on mars, showing how quickly us humans ruin everything. I loved the ending!

Bradbury and Heinlein turned me on to reading....I cleared the library shelves and read everything I could get my hands on!

It has been many years since I have read this book, so the details are a bit fuzzy. The thing I appreciated most about the Martian Chronicles were Bradbury's attempts to make life on Mars (and subsequent science fiction and space travel stories in this book) seem as normal as living in a suburban city, maybe in a cul-de-sac. Amidst the stories of space living were also interwoven tales of terror and fear. Such was Bradbury's writing style at the time. When I read this book, it was assigned reading in English class, so I was disinterested. I will try reading it again one of these days and I'm sure my rating will go up, as I have thoroughly enjoyed other works by Bradbury since then.