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The Martian Chronicles

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22 September 2014, 06:47 AM
Tom Jeffords
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles was my introduction to the inestimable Mr. Bradbury and is still my favorite (fiction) book of all time.
23 September 2014, 06:51 AM
Doug Spaulding
Mine, too. I have about six different versions, and most of the screenplays. Maybe all. I disremember.

It's not science fiction; it's poetry.


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23 September 2014, 11:31 AM
fjp451
Poetry! Indeed...

One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on slopes, housewives lumbering like great black bears in their furs along the icy streets.

And then a long wave of warmth crossed the small town. A flooding sea of hot air; it seemed as if someone had left a bakery door open. The heat pulsed among the cottages and bushes and children. The icicles dropped, shattering, to melt. The doors flew open. The windows flew up. The children worked off their wool clothes. The housewives shed their bear disguises. The snow dissolved and showed last summer's ancient green lawns.

"Rocket summer." The words passed among the people in the open, airing houses. "Rocket summer." The warm desert air changing the frost patterns on the windows, erasing the art work. The skis and sleds suddenly useless. The snow, falling from the cold sky upon the town, turned to a hot rain before it touched the ground.

"Rocket summer." People leaned from their dripping porches and watched the reddening sky.

The rocket lay on the launching field, blowing out pink clouds of fire and oven heat. The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts. The rocket made climates, and summer lay for a brief moment upon the land. . .
23 September 2014, 05:55 PM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by fjp451:
Poetry! Indeed...

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I've always said that, when it comes to Bradbury, a word is worth a thousand pictures!


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25 September 2014, 10:05 PM
Braling II
AMEN!
26 September 2014, 06:42 AM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by Braling II:
AMEN!

Thus endeth the lesson.


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26 September 2014, 08:07 PM
dandelion
This forum needs a Like button.
02 May 2015, 02:27 PM
fjp451
...and here are some scenes right from the surface of the Red Planet - as performed by the Blue Planet!

http://bigstory.ap.org/article...s-stand-surface-mars