The Martian Chronicles

By Ray Bradbury

Read by Dion Graham

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About The Book

The 75th anniversary edition of The Martian Chronicles, a seminal work in Ray Bradbury’s career, whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by time’s passage. Now in a new edition from S&S Audio!

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.

About The Author

Tom Victor

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston’s Moby Dick and the Emmy Award–winning teleplay The Halloween Tree, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for The Ray Bradbury Theater. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.

About The Reader

Dion Graham

Product Details

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (August 26, 2025)
Runtime: 8 hours and 41 minutes
ISBN13: 9781668133859

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"As the book world celebrates the 75th anniversary of Bradbury’s classic, Dion Graham’s stellar narration blasts off with a group of astronauts headed to Mars. The production opens with Graham’s delivery of an editor’s note intended to soften the offensive ideas in Bradbury’s introductory essay, written in 1950, which explains his writing process for these interconnected stories. Set in the future on Mars, the works showcase Graham’s talents. He vocalizes each character with precision and sensitivity. Whether it’s the arrogance of the first astronauts, Ylla sharing her dream about the man from the sky, Father Peregrine seeking redemption for the Martians, or the whispery-voiced Janice discussing her fear of her trip to join her beloved on Mars, Graham imbues each character with an audible soul."

– Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award, AudioFile Magazine