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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
Not nearly as good as it would have been if I read this 20 years ago. The commentary is straight out of events unfolding with race relations in the 40's and 50's which I believe is about the time that Bradbury strung these articles out for Strange Stories and other assorted trade magazines. Some of the stories I thourougly enjoyed where as others I was anxious to get through the reading thus my middle of the road score. I was hoping for more.
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"We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things"
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Ray Bradbury is one of my most favorite authors. I love the way he makes me feel when I read his stories - an at home feeling, a startled frightened feeling, a wide-awake expectant feeling, etc... We are buddies, confidants and I love his writing, even as weird amd gruesome as he gets sometimes!
Dec 31, 2010
Rosemary Grace Bartlett Libby
marked it as to-read
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Izlinda
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Beth Tabler
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