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The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury
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sarahbellum
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Sci-Fi‘s not really my jam, but I tend to like Bradbury more than I don‘t. This one was… fine? I really wanted to like it more, but it felt too disjointed for me (par for the course for short story collections, but I think some more common threads would have really helped this one be more impactful). I respect it as a classic and for what it was trying to do, but ultimately not for me. ⬇️

My last #roll100 for Oct! 👽

sarahbellum I could definitely see how Winesburg, Ohio influenced Bradbury throughout his writing of this. He somehow managed a similar tone and feeling of an endless cycle typical of a small town, but on Mars 🚀 1y
PuddleJumper Brilliant! 1y
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sarahbellum
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Today I learned that Bradbury was inspired to write The Martian Chronicles after reading Winesburg, Ohio. I just read Winesburg, Ohio back in May, so this was a delightful surprise 🤓. So much intersection occurring in my reading life right now!

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vlwelser
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This is a classic. And if this genre is your jam, definitely go for it. This has been lingering in my library account for years. So it is no longer the oldest thing on my list.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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OriginalCyn620
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I‘m not big into sci-fi but this was great! Enjoyed the audio version!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#booked2022 - involves an exploration

Cinfhen Ohhh, fun pick ♥️well played 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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broughtyoubooks
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An anthology of Martian tales. While it seems to follow some chronology - Martians existing without humans, their first contact and eventually the last settlement - they vary enough to seem like either different takes on Mars, or of unreliable narrators. Interesting either way.

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vivastory
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One of my favorite books of the year tackles the notion of #home in a memorable & creative way. This ranks alongside Something Wicked This Way Comes & Fahrenheit 451 as my favorite Bradbury.
#GratefulHarvest @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

RaeLovesToRead I loved the Martian Chronicles! 2y
AvidReader25 I loved this one! 2y
Eggs Love Martian Chronicles ❤️❤️ 2y
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vivastory
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I have a little over 100 pages remaining. Unbelievable as it may seem, so far it's as impressive as the 2 other masterpieces I've read by him: Something Wicked This Way Comes & Fahrenheit 451.

Chrissyreadit I just read up on the changes made to the book, and now I want to read an original version. 2y
Zoes_Human The Illustrated Man is every bit as good as this one. His short fiction is unsurpassed. 2y
SamAnne My dad gave this to me as a kid. I need to do a reread. 2y
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lalatiburona
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I love Bradbury and his bleak outlooks on humanity so, so much ♥️♥️♥️

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TheNeverendingTBR
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This is a very short book at 181 pages, but it's very complex and just goes to show how much of a literary genius Bradbury was.

This was absolutely brilliant and such a pleasure to read.

Check out my full review on https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3146481632 🚀

RaeLovesToRead I loved this one! 😍 3y
wisherwishinguponastar I love Bradbury. I need to sit down and read this one. 3y
Zoes_Human His short fiction is unparalleled. He does more with a single sentence than most can do with a whole page. 3y
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Lcsmcat We have that same edition! 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead So good, the only other one I've read is Something Wicked; think I'll read Dandelion Wine next.. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @booksellerofyourdiscontent Absolutely, it's a little dated but still very enjoyable. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @Zoes_Human I agree, he's very talented that way. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @Lcsmcat Love these vintage paperbacks! 👌 3y
RaeLovesToRead The only other Bradbury I've read was Fahrenheit 451. I didn't think it was very good. I'm on my own there though! 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead Wait......I've read Fahrenheit 451. That was pre-coffee me talking bulls--t. 😂 3y
RaeLovesToRead Hahaha 😂😁 3y
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Schnoebs
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Science has advanced to a point where interplanetary space travel is now possible. With political tensions heating up on Earth, America starts to send a number of expeditions to Mars in hopes of finding a new place to expand society to and colonize. Set up in a chronological format of short stories, we learn about Martians, the impacts of colonization, and what happens when technology advances faster than what human society is ready for.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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These chronicles are really a set of short stories, carefully strung together to make a somewhat chronological timeline. As with any collection some are very very strong, some eh, but on the whole quite an interesting collection that I enjoyed as a whole. My only complaint, as I switched between versions was the editing in the new version; dates pushed forward to be in our future time, and a very strong story that was removed for racism.

JazzFeathers I can't say l appreciate this kind of editing. It always seems to me as an attempt to erase history. And honestly, l don't see anything good coming from it. 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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When you are reading the ebook version, but switch to the audio version on hoopla for your drive & find a whole new short story that wasn‘t in the other version. I‘m sure “Way in the Middle of the Air" was left out of some versions for the N- word/racism, but it‘s set in the American south, when all the African Americans (along with all Africans) build their own rockets and leave for Mars, annoying the locals. It‘s a great story about racism ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ and the feelings of entitlement and being owed someone‘s time and work, and how they tried to hold onto them by money debts and twisted contracts. I honestly would never have known about this story, if I hadn‘t switched to the audio version at exactly the time that story appears in the chronicles. Talk about wonderful book serendipity! #bookendipity (edited) 4y
KVanRead Neat! That story rang a faint bell so I had to go check my copy, my parents Doubleday Book Club Edition from the 70s, I think, and it‘s in there! I wonder when it was removed or if it‘s just the ebook edition. 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead Amazon says this ebook is from “William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint Edition (May 21, 2013)”. Sad they removed it, it‘s a really strong short story. 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead The other interesting thing now that I downloaded the other version and am comparing...they pushed all the dates out, so the chronicles happen further in the future. They don‘t start until 2030 in this version. 4y
KVanRead Weird. The former history major in me isn‘t digging that. When I read an old book I know it represents a different time, and as for dates i always get a kick out how it‘s not what they pictured. I don‘t see why they couldn‘t just put a publisher‘s note at the start to provide context rather than changing the author‘s work. 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead I completely agree. The original shows you what they thought it would be like in the future, reading it now with future dates, it sounds like humans regressed in history (attitudes and customs ) to about the 50‘s in the future, before traveling to Mars. I don‘t like when they mess with the author‘s material. 4y
ValerieAndBooks Interesting. I was unaware. My edition didn‘t say anything about changes — should have :-(. The trade paperback edition I read apparently is the one that had this story taken out. I‘ll have to look for the story online. I also agree that they shouldn‘t change dates. No one has changed “1984” , for example! The dates were changed in The Stand editions but Stephen King chose to do that. @KVanRead (edited) 4y
KVanRead Exactly @ValerieAndBooks ! Also agree it‘s different if it‘s the author‘s decision. 4y
JazzFeathers @KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ValerieAndBooks l really don't like this arbitrary way to change an author‘s work. It changes the story, it changes the context, it also changes history, in a way. There's nothing l like about it. 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JazzFeathers @KVanRead @ValerieAndBooks I agree, I‘m very glad that I switched editions, even for awhile for my drive...just because then I was aware of the change. It‘s funny, I finished Fahrenheit 451 today, and at the end he has a note complaining about this kind of subjective editing. (edited) 4y
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ValerieAndBooks
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Some dated views especially towards women (such as men escaping Earth to get away from “bad wives” ) but these vignettes are also prescient in some ways. Additionally this is a look at how humankind has little regard for the health of our planets and those residing on them.

#authoramonth2020

KVanRead Wow haven‘t read since high school and don‘t remember the ‘bad wives‘ bit 😂 4y
Reggie I read Hellhouse by Richard Masterson last month and there is this scene where he overly details a woman taking a shower and all I could think was- is this because they didn‘t have the internet back in the day? Lol. 4y
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ValerieAndBooks
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This section made me sit up and notice! Bradbury is writing about book censorship, and goes on for a few more pages. The Martian Chronicles (what I‘m reading) was published before Fahrenheit 451, so clearly he expanded on this book burning theme with the latter novel. #authoramonth2020

tpixie Interesting! I read Martian Chronicles decades ago and read Fahrenheit years ago. Maybe I should re-read both! (edited) 4y
Ruthiella Cool! I love it when an author‘s works are connected like that! 4y
SamAnne I really want to reread some Ray Bradbury. I remember my dad giving me the Martian Chronicles when I was 11. 4y
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ValerieAndBooks @tpixie Good idea! So far these two are the only Bradburys I‘ve read. I‘m sure I‘ll pick up others by him eventually 👍 4y
ValerieAndBooks @Ruthiella it was neat to see the connection! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @SamAnne Wow, 11? Do you still have that copy from your dad? 4y
SamAnne @ValerieAndBooks no, it was a beat up paperback! My dad was a huge Bradbury fan. I didn‘t understand all of it but enough to become a fan. 4y
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Eggs
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Eerie, lyrical story collection that keeps you engaged to the end—listened to audio which was great

#authoramonth2020 @Soubhiville

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Love this cover!! 4y
Eggs It‘s dramatic, right!?! @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 4y
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KVanRead
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Only tangentially book related, but I‘m pretty sure I somehow woke up on Mars this morning. My bedroom was in almost total darkness well past sunrise, with an eerie red light filtering through the blinds. Took this photo of the San Francisco skyline at 11 AM - yes AM as in morning! Can this bonkers year please just stop?!!
#dystopianaf

charl08 Wow, what a photo. 4y
KVanRead @charl08 It‘s crazy. Still like that now too. Looks like an Insta filter but that‘s just our sky now I guess 🥺 4y
MsMelissa Wowza! That‘s nuts. I guess the air is pretty bad and you don‘t want to venture outside much. How far away are the fires? 4y
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KVanRead They are pretty far away and we are surrounded by water on 3 sides so unlikely to be in danger, but it‘s the sheer number and size of the fires all throughout the west that has produced unprecedented amounts of smoke. Apparently some of the smoke has traveled from Oregon and smoke is even hitting Hawaii now. @Book_Fiend_Melissa (edited) 4y
vivastory I'd feel weird hitting the like button on this pic so I'm not going to. Just know that I'm worried about you & all of the Californians right now. I hope things improve soon. 4y
AmyG Omg. Just be safe. A friend in SF posted a pic and it was just so sad. 4y
Megabooks This is just crazy!! 4y
KVanRead @vivastory @AmyG @Megabooks Thanks. It is totally crazy and surreal but we are just fine. Thanks to Covid we are very experienced at being indoor people and have everything we need to stay safe and healthy. 4y
LeahBergen Oh my GOD. 😮 4y
Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira 😮 Eerie but beautiful picture. 4y
Jas16 I texted my sister a similar photo when I left my apartment this morning. It was the weirdest feeling venturing out into this. 4y
KVanRead @LeahBergen @Josee.a.lu.lit.et.lira @Jas16 Yah, just so eerie. But now the sky has turned a disgusting thick ash grey and I kind of miss the orange.😳 4y
erzascarletbookgasm OMG, the fire the other day! Hope it‘ll improve soon. 4y
Reggie Jeez, I hope things get better out there for ya‘ll. 4y
KVanRead @erzascarletbookgasm @Reggie thanks, I hope so too Especially for all the folks who live where the fires are💔 4y
CarolynM Thinking of you. That much smoke in the air is no fun. Stay safe. 4y
KVanRead @CarolynM Thanks!!😊 4y
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Skygoddess1
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The Martian Chronicles is an interesting look at Bradbury‘s short stories, specifically the ones about Mars and his imagining do what we would find there upon travel and colonization. I especially loved this audiobook edition as Bradbury provides commentary and insight to each story in between. #AuthorAMonth

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Twainy
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🎧 This is a 70 year old book & politically incorrect. This sci-fi story really magnifies how far we‘ve come with our imaginations in relation to Martian sci-fi. From magically impossible to the scientific reality of The Martian by AW.

Mark Boyett narrates the story so it feels like a 1950 radio play. Warning: antiquated language & racism & echoes of Fahrenheit 451, more evidence that we‘ve come a long way! Free Hoopla loan. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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swynn
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📖 The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
✍️ China Miéville
🎞️ The Maltese Falcon
🥁 Ministry
🎶 March of the Pigs (Nine Inch Nails)

JoScho Thanks for playing ♥️ 4y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Martian Chronicles and Miéville were my runners up! #Mievillains 4y
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Eggs
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Some of Bradbury‘s finest work involves the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled and eventually atomically devastated Earth, and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists. Published in 1950s

#farfromhome #jamminjune

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erzascarletbookgasm
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#BiblioMAYnia #setinouterspace
One from my shelves.

OriginalCyn620 I like the cover! 4y
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HeyT
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I‘m not quite sure how I feel about this one. It was good but there‘s a lot to unpack about colonization, race relations, and war. I‘ve been putting this one off for a while so I‘m glad it was my #BookSpin #DoubleSpin pick. @TheAromaofBooks
#BuriedAliveChallenge

TheAromaofBooks This one has been on my radar for a while. Great review!! 4y
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HeyT
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Just hanging out with Simon and my book today.
#CatsOfLitsy

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HeyT
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Within the last five years I‘ve started to read this book and somehow wandered off and never got past the first two stories twice now. Hopefully third time is the charm as this is April‘s #DoubleSpin pick.

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RamsFan1963
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1. I like both, but I lean toward soft sci-fi. I'm more interested in the social and psychological aspects than the hardcore math and science parts.
2. The Martian Chronicles
3. The story has to make me think, provoke my curiosity and leave me wanting to explore. A lot of science-fiction is eye-candy, enjoyable but empty calories. The best SF gives you a sense of awe, the sense of a bigger universe.

@ozma.of.oz #sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern I love your answer for 3. ❤️ Thank you for sharing! 4y
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Bookzombie
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This one is written as series of vignettes about man trying to colonize Mars. For me some stories were better than others. I particularly liked the ones that had a bit of a horror feel to them, like The Third Expedition. Bradbury‘s commentary on humanity is still relevant today, IMO.

This was my February #Bookspin which I finished on March 6. 🤪

Reggie How‘s it going, Margie? 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great review! And I am also reviewing February book still on my book blog! 😂 4y
Bookzombie @Reggie Probably about the same. Weekdays feel relatively normal because of work and then I remember I can‘t go anywhere. Super annoyed with some neighbors having parties and get togethers. All the kids on the street play together. Way to social distance people. Sorry about the venting. How are you doing? 💗 4y
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Bookzombie @TheAromaofBooks Thanks! I‘m such a review procrastinator! 😂 4y
Reggie I‘m good, going a little stir crazy but good. I‘ve only been out once in two weeks and that was to get food. I just got a call today saying we probably aren‘t opening back up until May 1st but they‘ll be paying us without using our PTO so that was something I‘m totally grateful for. And you can vent anytime to me. Last night while gaming, the kid from Texas I was gaming with was upset that the pastor in Florida was arrested for still holding churc 4y
Reggie h, “cause as a Christian it‘s our right.” The other guy we were playing with and I tried to explain why it was important to stay home right now but he was having none of it. Hope you stay safe and healthy!! 4y
Bookzombie @Reggie So glad you are good and that they are still paying you without using your PTO. I went out for groceries last week, but this time we are going to try curbside pickup so one of us doesn‘t have to go into a store. Other than that I have been home. Of course, the kid is from Texas. He should be happy with our governor. Abbott made religious services essential today. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I don‘t understand why people can‘t follow a simple rule. It‘s 4y
Bookzombie @Reggie terribly frustrating. I hope you stay safe and healthy too! Also sane. 😄 Also, I‘m here if you need to chat or email me. (edited) 4y
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Booksbymybed
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My 9th grader‘s recent reads
#teensread #raisingreaders

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Bookzombie
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Here is my #Bookspin pick for February! I probably won‘t get to it until middle of the month. I really love this idea, Sarah! Next month I might try the double spin option. 🙂

I borrowed your pick photo. I hope that‘s okay. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Plenty of time to read - the whole month is ahead!! I probably won't get to my book for another week or two, either. And sure thing with the photo. Once it's on the internet, I can't stop its travels! 😆 4y
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Eggs
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OriginalCyn620 🙌🏼❤️😊 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 5y
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alexa_d
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alexa_d
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There are almost no words for how amazing this book is. A series of vignettes, doing what science fiction does best, making sharp commentary about its present (not unlike our present, roughly 70 years after it was written) through the lens of the future, how the progression of technology does not necessarily (and in fact rarely) have a corresponding progression of society and how humanity deals with itself.

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alexa_d
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I switched from audio to print because this book is too good to read at someone else's pace.

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alexa_d
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Finally! It took 7 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS for this to get to me, and I'm not going to make the person behind me in line wait any longer than they have to! #audiobook #Libby

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alexa_d
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I placed a hold on The Martian Chronicles audiobook on July 10, and I'm still waiting. It's not a very long book??? There were only 4 people ahead of me??? Did all 4 keep it the max 2 weeks??? Well, I promise to the 6 behind me not to take such a long time with it! #Libby #LibraryEtiquette

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kylienoele
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I‘ve read various stories from this, but never the whole thing at once. I‘m so excited to get to it! 👽🚀🛸

GypsyKat Ohhh awesome! This has been on my TBR forever! 5y
kylienoele @gypsykat damn! If only you knew people who were doing a Halloween Swap..... 😉 5y
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Angiereads28
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rretzler Reread this recently! I agree! 5y
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ravenlee
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Sci-fi isn‘t really my thing, but this is the best kind of sci-fi. This is a cautionary tale about where humanity may be headed (literally and figuratively). Told as a series of vignettes, some merely a few paragraphs and others short-story-length, the chronicles span Earth‘s invasion of Mars from the first expedition to the last escapees from a dying Earth.

Way in the Middle of the Air should be required reading, if not the entire story.

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rretzler
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So much more than the blurb describes, Ray Bradbury‘s book is a commentary on humanity itself - humanity‘s sense of entitlement and our treatment of our planet and species, as well as humanity‘s treatment of another planet and species. By the end, our species has nearly ruined not one, but two, planets and almost brought two species to the brink of extinction - but Bradbury still gives us some hope. Sci-fi classic. 4.0/5.0 ⭐️ #2019

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I am so excited about these copies of The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man! I buy a lot of books from ThriftBooks and you never can tell what condition they are going to be in. These are almost perfect condition and are the paperback editions from the 1970s. So cool! 📚❤️#thriftbooks #sciencefiction

LauraJ Good score! 5y
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JessClark78
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“Mars was a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in waves. Each wave different, and each wave stronger.”

Original and strange, this is a brilliantly written book of connected stories by an extraordinary storyteller. If you‘re a fan of Bradbury, or a lover of sci-fi/fantasy, and haven‘t yet read this, I highly recommend it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

RohitSawant Loved this one! 5y
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TheNeverendingTBR
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Most of you will know this one..

🚀🌌

#raybradbury
#sciencefiction

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tysephine
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#24in48 Hour 42 challenge: Swiss Army Book Rec!

This is one of my absolute favorite books of all time and I will continue to push it onto people until the day I am swallowed up by the rising ocean.

parttimedomestic Oh, I haven‘t read this one yet, but I loved Dandelion Wine! 5y
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steoste
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ray Bradbury has such a dreamy tone it makes the macabre and scary seem beautiful and right. I always love reading stories that take place in the future but were written in the past, the future of the past I call it, only enhanced by my love for dystopian sci-fi. I think it's an important reflection on the misguided ideals of the past and present, foreboding and comforting at the same time. A must read in my opinion.

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brandybear22
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“For gods sake, what are you doing?”

“I‘m being ironic. Don‘t interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic. It‘s not polite.”

Suelizbeth I love your kitties! 😻🐈🐾 #CatsOfLitsy 5y
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brandybear22
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Such an elegant an poetically painful way of illustrating that point in his books.

“Everything that was not so, must go. All the beautiful literary lies and flights of fancy must be shot in midair. So, they lined them up, against the library wall, one Sunday morning… And shot them down. And burned the paper castles and the fairy frogs, and old kings, and the people who lived happily ever after...”

kgriffith I love visualizations like this. 5y
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brandybear22
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She wanted very much to sit quietly here, soundless, not moving until this thing occurred, this thing expected all day. This thing that could not occur, but might.

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TheBookAddict
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Wow! Such a great stories about the landing, exploration, and life on Mars. To me it read like short stories that were connected in one or more ways. I enjoyed his story telling, I could picture everything like I was seeing it. He sure doesn‘t pull any punches, he lets us know how destructive and greedy human kind can be. I also liked how we got to see Mars through different perspectives and experiences. A #SciFiMustRead! (Google search image)

lynneamch Haven't read this since high school. Sounds like time for a reread. 5y
TheBookAddict @lynneamch yes! It was my first time reading it and I couldn‘t put it down. 5y
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TheBookAddict
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“We Earth men have a talent for ruining big beautiful things.”