Martian Chronicles

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Summary: A Strange but very exciting story. Great use of imagery.
Review: Martian Chronicles is a very well written book as a whole. As with any Chronicle some parts are better than others. My personal favorite is The martian which starts on page 119 and ends on page 131. If you don't like stories that are completely weird then don't bother even picking it up. However if you do enjoy weird stories then you will fall in love with this book. Ray Bradbury stretches your imagination to its farthest reaches as he takes you to different places on mars and then back on earth. Some of his characters can be a little controversal but it is all meant for your entertainment. So if you need a laugh or you just want to escape the realities of earth then this is deffinatly the book for you. However if you like books that go together then you might not enjoy this one. Towards the end things start to fit together a little bit but it isn't like a regular story it's not supposed to all go together. To be completely honest not everyone has the imagination to enjoy what his book the Martian Chronicles.

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Summary: This is for anyone who loves science fiction books.
Review: On the terms of Bradbury's accounts, I thought his book was semi interesting and very creatitve. He has a good sense of getting people hooked on his writings, and by keeping the book's chapters intact is also makes it interesting. "The Martian Chronicles" is very ironic and also very futuristic. It makes you think of what may be in the future. I'd refer this book to anyone who likes to read science fiction stories.

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Summary: A Literary Masterpiece
Review: It has been two years since I first read THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES in my junior year of high school. In browsing your web site, I noticed that the average rating was only 3.5 stars. Considering this book is considered a classic, I was curious about why this was so. I read review after inarticulate review in horror, seeing that they were based on severe misunderstandings of the purpose and meaning behind the collection. I hope that prospective buyers will not weight their opinions too heavily.

First, the book is a collection of short stories, not a novel; the plot does not have to be constant, nor must the characters return from story to story. Readers must understand that some of the stories were written at different times in Bradbury's career and only strung together afterwards into this collection. There is however a common theme in the work, which the reviewers failed to recognize.

Bradbury is a master not because he is an excellent storyteller (though that is certainly the case), but because with his stories he enlightens us; he is an expert in stopping us in our train of thought and forcing us to consider a new idea, epiphany, or belief. These are usually not predominantly science fiction ideas. Like any author who has mastered the sci-fi genre, Bradbury uses a hypothetical future to examine the present. It is a similar tool which Jonathon Swift used to satirize Great Britain in GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Our societal conventions and practices are sometimes more easily viewed through the lens of fiction or fantasy, and Bradbury knew this. Issues of whether he was accurate in his projections of human society and science are less than secondary, they are irrelevant.

I am afraid that I have made THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES seem more academic than they should be considered. The stories are often light-hearted, often wondrous. They capture so well the human desire for adventure and mystery. I don't believe that these stories will ever be outdated, as some of the reviewers claim. They are timeless.

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Summary: The most beautiful story of Mars ever created.
Review: I remember reading this book when I was about 13 years old. It captured my sense of wonder. It took my breath away with it's wonderful poetic imagery. It touched many emotions in me. I have read it many times since then and I have lost count. Whenever I want to recapture my passion for reading Science Fiction. Whenever I need inspiration. I always turn to this beautiful book. I rate it as the best Science Fiction book of all time. If I could only take one book with me it would be this one.

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Summary: It was a very good book. It was so crazy and out of wack.
Review: It was so crazy and wierd that I just liked it. It was out of control. I liked the book all except that each chapter was a different story. I wish that it was just all one book. A continuance. Besides that a great book. It was one of my favorites. My favorite would have to be The Westing Game. I liked the Westing Game because I really like mysteries. The book I most disliked would have to be Roll of Thunder Here my Cry. I just thought it was so boring. I could never get into it.

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Summary: interesting and almost realistic
Review: The book in general was very interesting and kept us thinking the whole time about the future events in space exploration. I personally injoyed some chapters such as the martian were as other chapters like UsherII were completely out there.

My favorite chapter like i said was the martian because he was so caring and tried to help anyone that he came into contact with o a day to day basis.

The worst chapter in my mind was UsherII I really don't care for Edger Allen Poe that well so it was very hard for me to grasp the whole concept of the house crumbling down and all the little querks in it.

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Summary: The book was well written but not realistic.
Review: I did not like the book very much because I am not much of a sci-fiction kind of reader. The book is very well written but not very realistic at all. I did not like the fact that it was a bunch of different storys either. I like books with one plot better than a bunch of different stories with all different characters. In my opinion I would not read this book if you do not like science-fiction.

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Summary: It was a pretty good book.
Review: Martian Chronicles was a good and interesting science fiction novel. It touched on many controversial subjects from here on Earth, and portrayed a vivid picture of life on Mars.

My favorite story from the book was "Green Morning". I liked how it showed how things from Earth acted differently on Mars. It was detailed and painted a good mental picture.

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Summary: This was the weirdest book!
Review: Ray bradbury's book, The Martian Chronicles, was a complicated book. It was hard to read because nothing tied together, and every story was left with out an end. I understood it but never really liked it that much. Each individual chapter was terrific that is why I gave it any stars at all! The chapters made since but I just hoped that somehow they would eventually tie it all up together. This is my Review of the book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury that was published in another world in 1948. This was reviewed by Stephanie :oÞ

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Summary: Good for Treki-fans, but a little boring for the rest of us
Review: This book was an interesting blend of descriptive writing and science-fiction. It draws you in by the way it shows the martians lives. The descriptions did get a little tiresome. My favorite story was USHER II. It gave a lot of action, and suspense. I guess that's just what I like. The story I liked the least was AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT. It dragged on too long and lost my interest after the first page. I could definately see how some people could love this book, but even though I liked some parts, as a whole I thought it was a bit of a snooze.