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The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Discussion: . Week 12: Short Stories

Why we're reading this: It's a book of short stories. It can also be for a book set in the future.…more
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. Week 12: Short Stories

* Week 12: Introduction
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Sep 16, 2016 Amy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, classics

This book is nothing like I imagined it was going to be. All I knew was that this was concerning the colonisation of Mars, and while that is a (large) aspect, this book manages to pack so much more in.

The little "mini-stories" that made up each chapter were well done, and had me caring about individual characters, something that a lot of sort stories often struggle with.

A lot of reviews focus on Bradbury's critic of the human race, and societies failures, but I actually found the "message" beh ...more

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Jan 31, 2021 Teressa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Reading Challenge Prompt: A book set on a different planet.

I was dreading this prompt as sci fi isn’t my typical genre. This book came highly recommended. The stories take place only 10 years into the future (2032) so I was intrigued of what the vision of the near future would be envisioned to be from a book written 70 years ago.
The concept of the book is definitely intriguing, the colonization of Mars told in various short stories. I can see why many enjoyed the book, it’s creative. However, t ...more

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