The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions)
by Ray Bradbury
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Author: Ray BradburyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-06-01
ISBN: 0553278223
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Spectra
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Book Review: "The moon is not made from cheese, but in the hands of Bradbury we wish it was."
Summary: 5 Stars
Although parts of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" are over 60 years old, segments that where once published in magazines before being included in this much important volume of Mars colonization work, it is still some of the freshest SF you can read and certainly this book is easily a contender for one of the all time SF greats. Bradbury deals with the topic of mankind leaving Earth behind in the pursuit of adventure and discovery on Mars which usually results in the destruction of themselves or the home world they have founded with very little compromise between because wherever mankind goes he can not escape the one thing he always brings with him - that is... HIMSELF. The is the core of what colonization SF should be about. TMC consists of 26 short stories, some interconnected, others not, producing poetry of modern literature coupled with stories that capture the feel of the early Twilight Zone episodes (something this book would have innovated). "Rocket Summer" is a short poetic story that lasts a single page, "Ylla" a strange story of a Martian couple who live very out of the ordinary lives and express extraterrestrial emotions foreign to our own. "The Earth Men" is a very interesting story where other worlds are believe in relativism where truth is purely subjective and but a creation of the power of the mind. It sets the tale up for how some humans from Earth make first contact and have trouble convincing the Martians that they are real. This is just a fraction of the genius at work. It is hard to imagine that a SF novella could be so crammed packed with such timeless imagery.
(note: the story of the black evacuation is in this edition)
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