ray bradbury's the martian chronicles the authorized adaptation

I decided that it’d be an excellent way to get acquainted with it. It’s not only an authorized adaptation, but Ray Bradbury himself penned an introduction explaining his oeuvre’s origin. In any event, I recently discovered this graphic novel adaptation of the book by artist Dennis Calero. For years, I’ve been wanting to see it, even though it’s not stellar. I’ve actually never read the book before, nor (truth be told) any of Bradbury’s other works, but I’d become intrigued by ‘The Martian Chronicles’ when I discovered that a TV mini-series starring Rock Hudson was produced in 1979. It was originally published by Doubleday in 1950 to much critical acclaim, thereby launching Bradbury’s career. ‘The Martian Chronicles’ is a collection of short stories that Ray Bradbury wrote for various publications during the late 1940s, then collected and bridged together into a whole. Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury and Dennis Calero 6.75 Rendered in gorgeous, full-color art by Dennis Calero, Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation graphically translates fourteen of Bradbury’s famous interconnected science-fiction stories, turning an unforgettable vision of man and Mars into an unforgettable work of art.

Lulled by its ancient enchantments, the Earthmen learned, at terrible cost, to overcome their own humanity. Ultimately, the Earthmen who came to conquer the red-gold planet awoke to discover themselves conquered by Mars. It became a canvas for mankind’s follies and darkest desires. Mars began as a place of boundless hopes and dreams, a planet to replace an Earth sinking into waste and war. They swept aside the majestic, dying Martian civilization to build their homes, shopping malls, and cities. Summary: The Earthmen came by the handful, then the hundreds, then the millions.

Ray bradbury's the martian chronicles the authorized adaptation