Ray Bradbury, originally from a small American town (Waukegan, Illinois), wrote two very different novels at the start of the Cold War. The first was The Martian Chronicles (1950), known for its "collection" of short stories whose name implies a broad historical narrative rather than a primarily individual one, and Fahrenheit 451 (1953), centered on Guy Montag. The thematic similarities of Mars associated with the American mindset during the Cold War era interweave the two novels on the surface. Additionally, Bradbury was "preventing the future", as he stated in an interview with David Mogen in 1980. A dystopian society was a main theme in both books, but in a compelling way that makes the reader aware of Bradbury's optimism in the stories. A society completely frightened by a nuclear bomb, for example, will inevitably become polite to others. Bradbury used his life to formulate his writing, from his opinions about people to the books he read to his deep distrust of machines. . The latest nuclear bombs that decimate the earth are transforming the earth. The reader is left with the self-contained house and its final moments as it is overcome by fire and consumed by the nature it resisted. Bradbury used fantasy science to analyze humans themselves and their "pioneer attitude" of destroying the very beauty they find in civilizing it. When referring to Bradbury's Cold War novels (The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451), it is imperative to understand his way of thinking. think during the time. Bradbury first captures the general sense of anxiety, as well as his own, felt in a new atomic age, in the fifth chapter of The Martian Chronicles, "The Taxpayer." This short chapter identifies the fear of nuclear war as an incentive to leave Earth...... middle of paper ....... EPUB file.Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles: The Grand Master Edition. New York: Bantam Spectra, 1977. EPUB file. Donovan, Richard. “The Morals of Mars.” The Reporter June 26, 1951: 38-40. Internet. December 2, 2013Kelley, Michael et al. “Farewell Ray Bradbury, SF author and library fan.” Library Journal 137.12 (nd): Biographical Index Past and Present (HW Wilson). Internet. November 7, 2013. “Ray(mond Douglas) Bradbury (1920). » Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol. 42 (1987): 31-47. Internet. November 10, 2013 “Ray Bradbury (1920-). » News Review Vol. 29 (1998): 36-93. Web.November 10, 2013"Ray Bradbury (1920-)." Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol. 235 (2007): 95-186. Web.10 November 2013 “Ray Douglas Bradbury”. The Biography Channel website. and Web. November 10, 2013. Weller, Sam. “Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203.” the Paris Review. The Paris Review, 2013. Web. November 10. 2013.