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The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions) by Ray Bradbury (1984)
4.5 stars? So lovely and beautiful, definitely something I would like to return to on a slower pace. It has one of the most gleefully bizarre short stories ever ("Usher II") but most of it is quite somber. Don't let the sci-fi trappings deter you: this is almost completely about humans and the issues of the time. Very Cold War era.
(I read this in the omnibus with The Illustrated Man and The Golden Apples of the Sun, and I will continue soon. I doubt anything will surpass Fahrenheit 451, but this ...more
(I read this in the omnibus with The Illustrated Man and The Golden Apples of the Sun, and I will continue soon. I doubt anything will surpass Fahrenheit 451, but this ...more
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