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Whether you read SF or not, Ray Bradbury writes beautifully. His style is dreamy and lyrical, satirical and funny, and at times creepy as hell.
This book is interconnected short stories, rather than a novel in the traditional sense. It describes the imagined human colonization of Mars. Some parts are extremely dated: all the men smoke cigars and shoot things; the women bake gingerbread. I guess cell phones and YouTube were beyond the realm of
possibility in 1950, too; Bradbury had people still usi ...more
This book is interconnected short stories, rather than a novel in the traditional sense. It describes the imagined human colonization of Mars. Some parts are extremely dated: all the men smoke cigars and shoot things; the women bake gingerbread. I guess cell phones and YouTube were beyond the realm of
possibility in 1950, too; Bradbury had people still usi ...more
Some that write science fiction attempt to construct a futuristic world where, if it does include Earthlings, they are evolved, forthright and generally the protagonist. Instead of trying to romanticize how we might behave at some distant time Bradbury confronts the petty selfish beings we are in contemporary society and claims we will never be better if we don’t acknowledge our failings. Both an exploration of colonialism and a series of clever mini-plots, chalk full of thoughtful incites into
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