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The martian chronicles is a collection of short stories written by ray bradbury about colonizing mars. The ancient martians are mirrors of us; both good and bad - but more what we wish we could be. Bradbury's novel gives us an unusual but interesting ... Read More
Non technical, verging on the poetic. I remember being disturbed at that age by how much the book moved me, emotionally.
The larger story arc uniting these interwoven short stories is pretty dark, compared to a lot of bradbury. The narration is strikingly reminiscent of the old 1930s/1940s radio dramas bradbury, himself, loved.
While this book is lumped in with science fiction, it transcends the genre. Some of the stories are standard scifi, but many others are a mix of fantasy and weird fiction.
Smooth cover, nice pages, and good printing. His performance is masterful. Received in timely maner.
Cons
Any blue-blooded reader despises abridged editions. After “purchase of kindle edition, it gives you the table of contents and tells you you have to pay for book at $3. Would be nice to know before downloading.
The book is a jumble of confused stories about the various attempts by people from earth to inhabit mars. And, martian chronicles is poetically written. It is dated at best, contrived at worst.
Highlights
Quality
The quality of writing is matched by a rich imagination and a fine sensitivity to the human psyche.
It is a compact and well-made paperback and i highly recommend it!
My original copy of chronicles has long since yellowed out and its pages have fallen apart.
I borowed this book from a library and it did not look like a fake to me.
Price
Maybe someday we’ll get an edition with all the extra stories and scripts from the ridiculously overpriced and woefully limited... Read More
Shipping
He came to our house and read stories at christmas time.
Packaging/appearance
The book came in excellent condition, with no bent or torn pages, either.
Competitiveness
It is more positive than orwell and quite charming, as well.
Bradbury uses descriptive words and phrases is simply amazing.
Not that it can't work both ways simultaneously but bradbury's focus is something like 90% on the people, what they do and why.
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- This product had a total of 6,898 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 13 2024.
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Some of the people who’ve arrived crossed paths and some never do
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It was hard to stay invested since each chapter was a different story but each story was interesting to read
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I have heard he is an excellent scifi writer and was looking for a shorter book to see if i like him
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Maybe someday we’ll get an edition with all the extra stories and scripts from the ridiculously overpriced and woefully limited print run “complete” release from years ago but it won’t be in my lifetime
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I forgot how good a writer ray bradbury was
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Never would i have guessed that it was the philosophical treatise that it was
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And someone said he is a poet
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It still works theres a good reason why its a classic several reasons actually
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