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The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Start date: April 1, 2014

Finish date: May 10, 2014

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Discussion leader: Powder River Rose

Why we're reading this: Powder River Rose has graciously offered to lead a group read for our April science fiction & fantasy the…more
[close] Powder River Rose has graciously offered to lead a group read for our April science fiction & fantasy theme. She has chosen this book, so I hope that you will join her in reading it. I am posting it early so that everyone who wishes to can fit it into their reading list.

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Apr 02, 2014 Powder River Rose rated it liked it · review of another edition

A very realistic look at the human culture. True we have not developed space travel and now may never, but it's so much more a possibility than at the time this book was written. Maybe in another 100 years we could visit Mars with people; my hope and prayer is that the first encounters don't turn out as utterly horrible as it did in the book and I mean with prejudices, no matter how they may play out, on both planets. The narrator, Stephen Hoye, was excellent. ...more

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May 14, 2016 marneleigh rated it really liked it

Short stories create a loose storyline in The Martian Chronicles serving as a warning for those colonizing Mars. Above all else, don’t build a hot-dog stand.

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