Martian Chronicles, The

by Ray Bradbury, Mark Boyett

mp3 cd

Published Dec. 9, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.

ISBN:: 978-1-4915-8459-0

This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel about a future colonization of Mars. As the stories progress chronologically the author tells how the first humans colonized Mars, initially sharing the planet with a handful of Martians. When Earth is devastated by nuclear war the colony is left to fend for itself and the colonists determine to build a new Earth on Mars.

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Another Hopeful Fool reviewed The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Excellent prose

3 stars

Full of Bradbury's style of rich writing. Some definite allegory between martians and native peoples of North America, and not trying to be subtle about it.

Also in Bradbury fashion, one especially fat-phobic story in here. Actually his cruellest one, I think--at least by my reading. While I'm problematizing, his characterization of many women as delicate pale flowers and such is a bit disheartening, but that's also kind of Bradbury.

Despite these gripes, it's a varied and nourishing collecting of short stories, stitched together in a much much more coherent fashion than I would have thought (my understanding is that these were written separately over the course of many years).

Someone expecting sci-fi might be disappointed by the lack of sci, but if you know what Ray's about already, then you'll likely enjoy this a lot.

Full of Bradbury's style of rich writing. Some definite allegory between martians and native peoples of North America, and not trying to be subtle about it.

Someone expecting sci-fi might be disappointed by the lack of sci, but if you know what Ray's about already, then you'll likely enjoy this a lot.

Flauschbuch reviewed The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Too old-fashioned for me

4 stars

I never got around to reading this genre classic when I was a teenager and perhaps I left it too late. The book comes off as very old-fashioned, even outdated as it reproduces the classical gender roles of the 50s in the US, even among the Martians. According to the foreword, Bradbury wanted to write a story with that exact old-school feel but set on Mars. He succeeded but I kind of struggled with relating to the stories and characters as a result. Nevertheless, some aspects were intriguing (the somewhat crude critique of the explorer mindset and the strangeness of the alien planet) and I really liked the melancholy vibe towards the end of the book.

mikelgs reviewed The martian chronicles. by Ray Bradbury

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3 stars

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Ex dente leonem reviewed The Martian Chronicles (Voyager Classics) by Ray Bradbury

Review of 'The Martian Chronicles (Voyager Classics)' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Provocative, if dated. The book's weak point is that Bradbury implicitly assumes small-town Americana and its values to be humanity's default expression, but its strong point is its bravery in challenging those values.

Literally Graphic reviewed The martian chronicles. by Ray Bradbury

Review of 'The martian chronicles.' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Amazingly enthralling, horrifying, realistic, and humerus, almost all at the same time.

I listened to this book again, suffering under the false delusion that it could not possibly be as good as I remembered. I was wrong. Soulful poetic science fiction does exist!

4thace reviewed The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Review of 'The Martian Chronicles' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Sometimes the sentiment is turned up a little high, but I think it was more a matter of the times when these stories were written. It's been so many years since I first read this that I largely forgot the details." This is a review of the Audible version ten years later, a long time after the first time I read this.