Kasei Nendai Ki / Original Title: the MARTIAN CHRONICLES (Haya Kawa Bunko SF 1764)

[Machine Translation] The first expedition to Mars never returned. This was because the Martians entertained the expedition in their own way. The next two expeditions met the same fate. Still, the human race surged toward Mars. Soon, cities of earthlings were built one after another on Mars, while Martians... The magician of fantasy has created a brilliant and eternal monument in the history of science fiction with his omnibus of short stories set on Mars and rich in lyricism. This is a new edition with a preface by the author and two new short stories.

火星への最初の探検隊は一人も帰還しなかった。火星人が探検隊を、彼らなりのやりかたでもてなしたからだ。つづく二度の探検隊も同じ運命をたどる。それでも人類は怒涛のように火星へと押し寄せた。やがて火星には地球人の町がつぎつぎに建設され、いっぽう火星人は…幻想の魔術師が、火星を舞台にオムニバス短篇で抒情豊かに謳いあげたSF史上に燦然と輝く永遠の記念碑。著者の序文と2短篇を新たに加えた新版登場。