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In 2015, is there still anything relevant to appreciate about The Martian Chronicles? I personally found it mired in quaint, unimaginative ideas about what another planet and other intelligent beings might be like, and I wasn't particularly bowled over by its underlying philosophical ideas either.
Louwrens Wiese Maybe this book should not be read in the bright light of day. I started reading it last night at five past midnight after waking from a lovely dream.…moreMaybe this book should not be read in the bright light of day. I started reading it last night at five past midnight after waking from a lovely dream. In this dream Einstein stayed in Germany to work for Hitler but turned all his awful war machines into clunking monsters that broke down all the time. Slightly sad for how things could have been in the world, I made my list of the alternative ways we could do things. Like recycling everything, except money which we put into a bin marked 'Hazardous Waste'.

Only THEN did I start Martian Chronicles. So it's all about preparation, geddit? It immediately made me laugh. Shooting invaders with a bee gun, haha. And the language is lovely and gentle, the images make you laugh, and the atmosphere non-technological. Anti-technological, I should say, a kind of SF some of us like. Especially if you consider that there are many ways of doing technology, and we are most awfully not doing it in the best possible way. So there. (less)
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The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
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