The Martian Chronicles
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A great book. First published AD 1950, written in English
The Martian Chronicles is a science fiction fix-up novel, published in 1950, by American writer Ray Bradbury that chronicles the exploration and settlement of Mars, the home of indigenous Martians, by Americans leaving a troubled Earth that is eventually devastated by nuclear war.
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The Fall of the House of UsherGreat book
Edgar Allan Poe, AD 1839
In 'Usher II', one of the chronicles, a man builds Poe's House of Usher on Mars to take revenge on the censors who burned books like Poe's, and brings it down on them as Poe's house fell.
Source: Wikipedia, The Fall of the House of Usher
“The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 collection of stories by Ray Bradbury, contains a novella called "Usher II," a homage to Poe.” Read it there
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