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.


在《火星紀事》一書當中，美國知名小說家雷‧布萊伯利（Ray Bradbury）勾勒出一個充滿希望、夢想及象徵的地方，還有結晶石柱與化石海域。在那裡，有顆微小的塵土降落在空無一人的大城市上頭，這些城市曾屬於一個不復存在的失落文明。地球人征服了火星，但又被火星所征服，戒心也逐漸被舒適與熟悉這種危險的謊言抹去，人類只沉醉在古老、神秘的火星種族的迷人魔力當中。在這本經典的科幻著作當中，布萊伯利在一個令人讚嘆但不屬於人類的陌生世界裡，赤祼祼地揭露了人類的野心、脆弱與愚昧。