Bilingva Marsianskie khroniki / The Martian Chronicles

This is an unadapted text of "The Martian Chronicles" by Rad Bradbury as well as the Russian translation of the text.

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonishing visions.

"The Martian Chronicles" tells the story of humanity's repeated attempts to colonise the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.

But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them - and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Reading the original text will help readers to advance their English language skills, and the Russian translation will help to solve any difficulties. The book provides exercises at the end, so the readers could practice their English language skills and make the understanding of the text easier.

It will be interesting and useful to everyone who knows and learns English with a teacher or independently.