{"description": "This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel about a future colonization of Mars. As the stories progress chronologically the author tells how the first humans colonized Mars, initially sharing the planet with a handful of Martians. When Earth is devastated by nuclear war the colony is left to fend for itself and the colonists determine to build a new Earth on Mars.", "title": "The Martian Chronicles", "covers": [9346537, 13149968], "subject_places": ["Mars (Planet)", "Marte (Planeta)"], "subjects": ["American Science fiction", "Ciencia-ficci\u00f3n", "Drama", "English Language Short stories", "Ficci\u00f3n", "Fiction", "Interplanetary voyages", "Translations into Russian", "Bibliography", "Science fiction", "Fiction, science fiction, general", "Space colonies", "Long Now Manual for Civilization", "Ameerika"], "subject_people": ["Ray Bradbury (1920-)"], "key": "/works/OL103134W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL24137A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "latest_revision": 57, "revision": 57, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-17T19:31:58.335109"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-04-27T02:45:44.867461"}}