The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
Taste attributes: science fictionfresh & originalheavyimaginarysocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survivalfish out of water/culture clash
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and inventive: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Ray Bradbury
- Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 262
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