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eor ([personal profile] eor) wrote2011-11-26 07:59 pm
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reading (The Martian Chronicles)

I finished "The Martian Chronicles" last weekend. I thought I'd read this book before, but I didn't remember most of the stories. I think I probably read a compilation that had the last story/chapter.

I like the method of stringing together sequential shorts to make a novel length book. Bradbury is stirring in some pretty heavy cautionary metaphor in with his straightforward action. His overall themes are still timely. Some of the pieces are a bit clunky, but it stands up pretty well after 65 years. The dates make for a chuckle at this point, the first stories take place in 1999.

46. Ray Bradbury "The Martian Chronicles"