PS Publishing and Subterranean Press are teaming up to produce “the Definitive Edition” of Ray Bradbury’s classic The Martian Chronicles. The book will have five new, full-color pieces of interior art work by Edward Miller, and an introduction by John Scalzi. Subterranean is taking pre-orders on this page. The 500-copy, signed, limited edition is listed at $300; the 26-copy, signed, deluxe bound, custom traycased, lettered edition is listed at $900. They do warn, however, that the signature plates, which Bradbury had previously signed, will not carry the Subterranean or PS logos.
The Martian Chronicles is an “episodic saga [that] begins during the ‘rocket summer’ of 1999, when the first outbound ships depart for Mars, leaving the bleak Ohio winter behind. It ends, 27 years later, during a ‘million year picnic’ which casts a harsh, reflective light on an entire civilization. Along the way, Bradbury introduces a gallery of distinctive characters, all of whom have powerful reasons for seeking a newer life. Some are actively escaping—from racism, from political and cultural repression, from the never-ending prospect of war. Some are actively searching—for adventure, for uncharted horizons, for a sense of spiritual renewal. Together, they create a frontier society as complex, varied, and tragically flawed as the one they left behind.”
The contents of this edition will be:
Introduction by John Scalzi
The Martian Chronicles (Classic book):
“Rocket Summer”
“Ylla”
“The Summer Night”
“The Earth Men”
“The Taxpayer”
“The Third Expedition”
“And the Moon Be Still as Bright”
“The Settlers”
“The Green Moming”
“The Locusts”
“Night Meeting”
“The Shore”
“The Fire Balloons”
“Interim”
“The Musicians”
“The Wilderness”
“The Naming of Names”
“Usher II”
“The Old Ones”
“The Martian”
“The Luggage Store”
“The Off Season”
“The Watchers”
“The Silent Towns”
“The Long Years”
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
“The Million-Year Picnic”
The Other Martian Tales (uncollected/unpublished stories):
“The Lonely Ones”
“The Exiles”
“The One Who Waits”
“The Disease” (previously unpublished)
“Dead of Summer” (previously unpublished)
“The Martian Ghosts” (previously unpublished)
“Jemima True” (previously unpublished)
“They All Had Grandfathers” (previously unpublished)
“The Strawberry Window”
“Way in the Middle of the Air”
“The Other Foot”
“The Wheel” (previously unpublished)
“The Love Affair”
“The Marriage” (previously unpublished)
“The Visitor”
“The Lost City of Mars”
“Holiday”
“Payment in Full”
“The Messiah”
“Night Call, Collect”
“The Blue Bottle”
“Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed”
Screenplays:
1964 version (previously unpublished)
1997 version (previously unpublished)
Essay:
“How I Wrote My Book”