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Summary: Confusing
Review: I though this book was EXTREMELY confusing. I think this book was "Way over my head." If you are young and have'nt read books of this type before I suggest you don't read this one.
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Summary: One of the best.
Review: What a great book!! Amazing Plot, beautiful writing, definitly one of the best ever!! You will not regret buying it. And it's short too, which is nice. Also, it's very deep, you learn a lot from it.
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Summary: My Favorite Martian Book!
Review: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is a great book. It is about Earthmen exploring Mars and making settlements to live there before the Great War. The book is full of little mysteries that edge you on to read the next page. I loved it! The part I liked best was when one person made all the fantasy books in the world come true in one house. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to relax and read a good science fiction book.
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Summary: A classic for all ages.
Review: Although the book has a bit of violence, this book can be enjoyed by all ages. Teens and adults may understand some of the metaphors a little better. A true classic for all genres.
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Summary: cool sci-fi book
Review: the martian chronicles is a book about humans colonizing Mars on the verge of the 'Great Atomic War.' they meet and 'invade' the martians, and both races see the planet differently. i would recommend this book to anybody at least ten years old
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Summary: A great mood piece
Review: Bradbury's Mars reminds me of something out of a Ronald Reagan fantasy--a world where people sit on porch swings and sip mint juleps after a hard day's work in the fields while the aroma of Grandma's homemade cookies wafts out the window. Considered as a sci-fi classic there really isn't much science here and not much in the way of plot either, but as a collection of mood pieces dripping with nostalgia for a vanished way of life that has somehow been transplanted to Mars, this book is without peer. A personal side note here--I heard Ray Bradbury speak once when they brought him to my junior high school in West Los Angelos 35 years ago. He's a good speaker, actually, and a bit of an eccentric. For example, he admits to being deathly afraid of flying and therefore drives a car everywhere. But he said he would get on a spaceship tomorrow and fly to Mars if he could--something surely more dangerous than a typical plane flight. Anyway, Bradbury himself turned out to be quite a character, and perhaps some of that gets into his stories like this one. The Martian Chronicles shows Bradbury at his best, in a story that ranks as one of the greatest mood pieces in science-fiction and as a story of a people's hopeful, romantic, but failed vision of a new life in a new and unknown world.
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Summary: Surreal
Review: That is the single word that accurately describes this "novel". Of course, there's a plethora more, but need I say more? I would have to say this is one of my top 10 fav books of all times. There aren't any main characters, main plots, and only minute description. By now you're probably thinking: What the hell? Well, it would have been a mistake had I not read this book, for it was referred to me by a dear friend. There are so many numerous plot twists in this book the sheer size of it boggles ones minds, and tests ones imaginations. I can clearly hear the distinct sound of KoRn's 'Dead Bodies Everywhere" echoing through my mind as there is the scene of the shootout with the renegade spaceman. This book is endowed with a mass of surreal scenes, that takes one to his/her limits. Read this book ASAP.
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Summary: ominous confusion, very nice
Review: Not the book to read if you want a 'normal' story. When I closed the book, I wasn't exactly sure what I had just read, but I knew It was good. The many scenes are different and confusing, but in a nice, ominous sort of way.
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Summary: SF Excellence
Review: I'm frankly surprised this magnificent collection of short-stories isn't rated higher. This is a can't miss book.
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Summary: Pretty forward thinking for something over 40 years old!
Review: Two things struck me about this book: 1) The title says "Martian Chronicles" and it is just that, a set of stories which are chronicles about Mars, and 2) As much as I hate to say it, Ray Bradbury's portrayal of humans is still accurate today. Mankind is almost entirely made up of people who are only interested in claiming something as "mine, mine, mine!", just like a greedy child, along with no real thought about possible ramifications of such things as war and murder. For an "old-fashioned sci-fi story" it sure holds up well to the prism of time!
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