Martian Chronicles

By Big Fufu
  • Ylla

    Ylla

    Martian woman named Ylla "dreams" about an astronaut coming to Mars. She tells her husband and he kills him when he arrives.

  • Th Summer Night

    More Astronauts come to Mars, and more Martians begin "hearing" things

  • The Earth Men

    More astronauts made it to Mars, and they explored more than the Martians seemed to enjoy.

  • The Taxpayer

    A citizen came across another project that will lead more astronauts to Mars. He feels he is entitled to be able to go to Mars because he pays taxes.

  • The Third Expedition

    Martians project illusions to incoming astronauts to make them more vulnerable and more easy to pick off.

  • And the Moon be Still as Bright

    Spender goes rogue against his crewmembers in an effort to "save" Mars from what he believes we will do to the planet.

  • The Settlers

    Many people from Earth make the journey to Mars, without a singular or collective reason. They all have their own independent reasons for wanting to travel to Mars

  • The Locusts

    More and more men from Earth are coming to Mars, Bradbury makes a metaphor that the Earth men are like locusts, swarming and destroying Mars.

  • Night Meeting

    Tomas meets a Martian named Muhe Ca and they eventually discover that they both see different versions of Mars.

  • The Shore

    This chronicle refers to men coming to mars as a metaphor to the ocean. They come quickly, but their visit is fleeting,

  • Interim

    The chronicle describes how the men of Earth build civilizations on Mars

  • The Musicians

    Comparing little kids playing a version of cops and robbers; "is it just childs play or something more?"

  • Naming of Names

    People naming towns, etc the same ways we did on Earth

  • The Off Season

    Sam Parkhill recieves a deed of ownership to half of the planet, I don't know why.

  • Usher II

    A man defended literature in a spectatular way by having the men who came to destroy his house die in similar ways to Poe books

  • The Old Ones

    Old people came to mars (?)

  • The Martian

    A Martian comes disguised as an old man's son, he eventaully leaves.

  • The Luggage Store

    People on Mars believe the war is happening because they aren't there

  • The Watchers

    People on Mars witness atomization of Australia, and flock back to Earth

  • The Silent Towns

    A man on Mars finds another person (lady) and decides to not converse with her because she's fat and annoying

  • The Long Years

    Hathaway made robots of his family to keep himself sane, but ends up killing himself

  • There Will Come Soft Rains

    Smart houses spook me

  • The Million-Year Picnic

    I don't understand this book