The Second Expedition encounters members of a Martian community not far from their landing site. The Martians are terrified and sense that a terrible event will occur the next morning.įirst published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1948.

The music, poems and rhymes emanate from astronauts aboard the Second Expedition's spaceship heading towards Mars. Her jealous husband, Yll, kills York and her memories fade.įirst published as 'The Spring Night' in The Arkham Sampler, winter 1949.Īn idyllic Martian summer night is disrupted when Martian adults and children spontaneously start to sing the words from English poems and children's rhymes they don't understand, including Lord Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'Old Mother Hubbard'. She has a romantic dream involving him, in which he takes her back to Earth. Ylla sings the 17th century song 'Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes' (with lyrics from the poem 'To Celia' by Ben Jonson), in English she doesn't understand. Ylla, an unhappily married Martian, who, like all Martians, has telepathy, receives an impression of the human space traveler Nathaniel York. 'Rocket Summer' is a short vignette that describes the rocket launch of the first human expedition to Mars on a cold winter day in Ohio.įirst published as 'I'll Not Ask for Wine' in Maclean's, January 1, 1950. Not to be confused with the short story of the same name published in 1947. Publication information concerning short stories published prior to their appearance in The Martian Chronicles is available in Ray Bradbury short fiction bibliography.įirst appeared in The Martian Chronicles. The years are those appearing in the first edition followed by the year appearing in 1997 edition. The chapter titles that follow are formatted consistent with the 'Chronology'. In the 1997 edition, chapter titles omitted the colons by printing the date and the story title on separate lines.

The title of each chapter in the first edition was the corresponding line in 'Chronology'. Home The Martian Chronicles Wikipedia: Contentsīradbury called the table of contents for The Martian Chronicles 'Chronology' with each item formatted with the date of the story followed by a colon followed by the story title.

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