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the martian chronicles - ray bradbury
last year of elementary school, my teacher gave us a list of books and we had to choose one to present it to the class after holidays. i was the only one who chose The Martian Chronicles - because my dad transmitted his ufo hyperfixation to me (he saw one when he was young and that really stuck with him) - first literature emotion of my life, i’ll never forget how the way i saw the world changed afterwards
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@m4r13
May 2, 2024
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@rowe
Haha I need to read that - as unique as we think we are, we are simply made of all the different influences of our lives
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@m4r13
rowe 100% !! btw i am revisiting that truth these days - maybe it’s time to read it again
May 3, 2024
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Really interesting collection of short stories that are all connected. Humanity starts to explore and colonize Mars. Commentary on militarism, nuclear weapons, colonization, genocide, racism and much more. That old sci-fi vibe that you can’t find anymore.
I read it as part of a class in college that was purely focused on reading different fictional works about Mars. It was awesome.
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Famously Winesburg, Ohio on Mars, also influenced by Grapes of Wrath. A foundational part of my personal canon, adventure and awe and curiosity, religion and philosophy, the best and worst of humanity, short stories that span the first landing on the red planet to its colonization to its last man (Bradbury originally dated his stories to take place from 1999 to 2026, later editions have moved them to 2030-57)
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