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+ | | Title = The Martian Chronicles | ||
+ | | SortTitle = Martian Chronicles, The | ||
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+ | | ImageDescription = Hardcover - USA - 1st edition. | ||
+ | | Author = {{BookAuthor|Larry Niven}}, {{BookAuthor|Jerry Pournelle}} | ||
+ | | PublishedYear = 1950 | ||
+ | | PublishedMonth = 05 | ||
+ | | PublishedDay = 04 | ||
+ | | Type = {{BookType|Fiction}}, {{BookType|Anthology}} | ||
+ | | Genre = {{BookGenre|Science Fiction}} | ||
+ | | Themes = {{MediaTheme|Adventure}}, {{MediaTheme|Science Fiction}}, {{MediaTheme|Surreal}} | ||
+ | | AgeGroup = Adult | ||
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'''''The Martian Chronicles''''' is an anthology of 28 short stories by [[Ray Bradbury]], published on 1950-05-04. The short stories included in it were published in various [[science fiction]] magazines between 1946-1950, and, while they're all about the planet Mars, they aren't directly related to each other. | '''''The Martian Chronicles''''' is an anthology of 28 short stories by [[Ray Bradbury]], published on 1950-05-04. The short stories included in it were published in various [[science fiction]] magazines between 1946-1950, and, while they're all about the planet Mars, they aren't directly related to each other. | ||
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The Martian Chronicles is an anthology of 28 short stories by Ray Bradbury, published on 1950-05-04. The short stories included in it were published in various science fiction magazines between 1946-1950, and, while they're all about the planet Mars, they aren't directly related to each other.
Personal
Own? | No. |
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Read? | Audiobook read by Peter Marinker. |
Finished | 2010s |
I decided to read this book because it was ranked so favorably in many reviews, however, I ended up not liking it very much.
Review
Overall: |
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- Bradbury deftly employs metaphor and similes, and his descriptions are palpable.
- The various attributes given to the Martians are really quite interesting and creative.
- As is standard fare in sci-fi, issues of philosophy, theology, and ethics were brought up, and each time they gave me new insight in these areas.
Bad
- Bradbury wrote most of these stories independent of each other and it shows. The book tries to impose a coherent narrative on the stories, but they should have been left as stand-alone stories each in their own universe.
- Some of the stories, like The Taxpayer, are extremely short, and don't seem to be relevant.
- As expected from a work of the 1940s, the technology is horribly outdated and misses the mark of the present.
- Several aspects of the stories are more fairy tale than science fiction, like in The Green Morning. They're still interesting, but I prefer my magic and technology in separate universes.
Ugly
- I initially found the book extremely confusing because I had no idea it was a collection of short stories because the audio book didn't include titles! I figured this out on my own a few "chapters" in and then found it more enjoyable, but it took awhile to become accustomed to it.
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