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The Martian Chronicles: The Complete Edition: Available Copies

HC in dust jacket. 2nd Printing. A mammoth, 750 page collection with more than 50 stories (7 previously unpublished), essays, introductions and two full-length screenplays by Bradbury himself. Includes new introductions and afterwords by John Scalzi, Joe Hill, Marc Scott Zicree and Richard Matheson plus five full-color illustrations by Edward Miller. Approx. 750 copies printed. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Edward Miller, who has signed and remarqued this second printing copy with an original illustration. Presented in an after-market slipcase. Introductions by Joe Hill and John Scalzi. Afterwords by Richard Matheson and Marc Scott Zicree. Notes: A reprint (2nd printing) of one of our most requested titles. The Martian Chronicles: The Complete Edition is oversized, huge (at more than 750 pages), printed in black ink throughout, with a full color dust jacket and interior plates by Edward Miller. In addition to the classic collection, the book contains an additional 23 short stories, as well as introductions and after-words, listed below. About the Book: In the course of his long, illustrious career, Ray Bradbury has created some of the most memorable and enduring fiction of our time. While no one work can adequately represent the range and depth of his achievement, it may well be that The Martian Chronicles will come to stand as his most singular accomplishment. A visionary account of the first attempt to extend the human enterprise to another planet, this unique and resonant book is both a seminal work of science fiction and a permanent addition to modern popular culture. The episodic saga begins during the “rocket summer” of 1999, when the first outbound ships depart for Mars, leaving the bleak Ohio winter behind. It ends, 27 years later, during a “million year picnic” which casts a harsh, reflective light on an entire civilization. Along the way, Bradbury introduces a gallery of distinctive characters, all of whom have powerful reasons for seeking a newer life. Some are actively escaping--from racism, from political and cultural repression, from the never-ending prospect of war. Some are actively searching--for adventure, for uncharted horizons, for a sense of spiritual renewal. Together, they create a frontier society as complex, varied, and tragically flawed as the one they left behind. The result is a work of philosophical humanism filled with memorable scenes and indelible images. A wealthy settler builds a new “House of Usher” and wages bloody war against a dull and lifeless bureaucracy. Translucent “fire balloons” offer intricate lessons in matters of the spirit. A telepathic Martian helplessly absorbs the hopes, grief, and memories of the surrounding human populace. A solitary survivor creates an automated family to help keep loneliness at bay. Moments like these offer something deeper and grander than simple entertainment. As the author pointedly reminds us: “It is good to renew one’s wonder.” The Martian Chronicles accomplishes this task with wit, grace, and unselfconscious artistry. It will doubtless continue to do so for generations to come. With more than 50 stories, essays, introductions and two full-length screenplays by Bradbury himself, The Martian Chronicles: the Complete Edition is a volume for the permanent shelf, one which chronicles the evolution of Bradbury’s Mars from the original classic volume and beyond. The second edition will be limited to 750 cloth bound hardcover copies. Table of Contents Meeting the Wizard by John Scalzi Part One: The Martian Chronicles The Long Road to Mars by Ray Bradbury Green Town, Somewhere on Mars; Mars, Somewhere in Egypt. An Introduction by Ray Bradbury Rocket Summer Ylla The Summer Night The Earth Men The Taxpayer The Third Expedition —And the Moon Be Still as Bright The Settlers The Green Morning The Locusts Night Meeting The Shore The Fire Balloons Interim The Musicians The Wilderness The Naming of Names Usher II The Old Ones The Martian The Luggage Store The Off Season The Watchers The Silent Towns There Will Come Soft Rains The Million-Year Picnic Part Two: How I Wrote My Book by Ray Bradbury (text version)

745 pages, 4to. Limited Edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies. This is copy 52. SIGNED by Ray Bradbury on limited page. Bound in marbled boards with black cloth spine, red lettering along spine. Includes slipcase. Minor shelfwear to book. Book is in Near Fine condition. Some scuffing and smudges on slipcase. Slipcase is in Very Good condition.

Limited Edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies. This is copy 284. SIGNED by Ray Bradbury on limited page. Bound in marbled boards with black cloth spine, red lettering along spine. Includes slipcase. Fine condition.

VERY FINE Hardcover book without any flaws. Appears unread with a square and tight spine. No attached bookplates. Sharp corners that are not bumped. Free of any marks, writing, or stamps. The slipcase is in VERY FINE- with some very minor scuffing to one area. All photos of actual item. Personally signed by the great Ray Bradbury. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION NO. 201 OF 1,000. Subterranean Press / PS Publishing 2009. Ray Bradbury "The Martian Chronicles: The Complete Edition" Signed Limited Edition No. 201 of 1,000. Signed by the author on the special limitation numbered page. Hardcover book with no dust-jacket as issued. Slipcased. "First Edition" as state on the copyright page. Large octavo. Quarter bound with cloth and marble boards, housed in gilt stamped slipcase. Includes material new to this edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. Originally slated for publication by Hill House. It was acquired by the current publishers. The signature leaf has the Hill House logo. With original introductions and afterwords by : John Scalzi. Joe Hill. Marc Scott Zicree. Richard Matheson. The Martian Chronicles, a seminal work in Ray Bradbury's career, whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by time's passage, is available from Simon & Schuster for the first time. In The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, America’s preeminent storyteller, imagines a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor— of crystal pillars and fossil seas—where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a vanished, devastated civilization. Earthmen conquer Mars and then are conquered by it, lulled by dangerous lies of comfort and familiarity, and enchanted by the lingering glamour of an ancient, mysterious native race. In this classic work of fiction, Bradbury exposes our ambitions, weaknesses, and ignorance in a strange and breathtaking world where man does not belong. MORE ABOUT THE BOOK. The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 science fiction story collection by Ray Bradbury that chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled Earth, and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists. The book lies somewhere between a short story collection and an episodic novel, containing Bradbury stories originally published in the late 1940s in science fiction magazines. For publication, the stories were loosely woven together with a series of short, interstitial vignettes. Bradbury has credited Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as influences on the structure of the book. He has called it a "half-cousin to a novel" and "a book of stories pretending to be a novel". As such, it is similar in structure to Bradbury's short story collection, The Illustrated Man, which also uses a thin frame story to link various unrelated short stories. Like Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, The Martian Chronicles follows a "future history" structure. The stories, complete in themselves, come together as episodes in a larger sequential narrative framework. The overall structure is tripartite, punctuated by two catastrophes: the near-extinction of the Martians and the parallel near-extinction of the human race. The first third (January 1999-April 2000) details the attempts of the Earthmen to reach Mars, and the various ways in which the Martians keep them from returning. In the crucial story, And the Moon be Still as Bright, it is revealed by the fourth exploratory expedition that the Martians have all but perished in a plague caused by germs brought by one of the previous expeditions.

Signed, limited first edition, published by Subterranean Press, 2009. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury on the limitation page. This copy is number 282. Hardcover, quarter bound with cloth and marble boards, housed in gilt stamped slipcase. No jacket as issued. Light rubbing to slipcase and spine cloth. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Small bump to rear upper slipcase spine, rear upper point of book has been very subtly affected. Appears unread, with some light handling wear. A nice edition in near fine condition. Rare and hard to find. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

Large octavo, cloth backed boards. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Bradbury. Introductions by John Scalzi, Ray Bradbury, Joe Hill and Richard Matheson. Includes material new to this edition. Collection of closely linked stories about the exploration and colonization of the planet Mars. A masterpiece of 20th Century science fiction. Originally slated for publication by Hill House, they folded before publication. It was acquired by the current publishers. The signature leaf has the Hill House logo. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-154. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-32. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #255. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #3. A fine copy in slipcase. (Note: heavy oversized volume, additional postage may be required). (31450)

An as new LETTERED EDITION, SIGNED by Bradbury M/52. Slight binding or leather flaw top edge of the front board of the tray case where 1 1/8" of the leather is a series of tiny raised ridges. Shrinkwrapped for protection. DG