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Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

June 10, 2021 by Bothari43 9 Comments

I know I’ve read Bradbury before, but I think it’s been since high school and I don’t think I ever read this one. I read this for my library sci-fi book club, and it’s been the most divisive one we’ve read since I’ve joined. Several of us thought the writing was beautiful and the stories were interesting, but several others thought it was too old and dated and sexist. Good discussion, though! Each chapter is a story of how Mars came to be colonized, starting […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: classics, colonialism, humans are terrible, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: classics, colonialism, humans are terrible, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury ·
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“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled.”

Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

January 15, 2021 by sabian30 1 Comment

While a lot of writing self-help books are about the basic mechanics and rules of good writing, Mr. Bradbury’s Essays on Creativity are more inspirational. He discusses what he has learned in his fifty years of writing and kindly shares it with us. He doesn’t promote so much as show you the path he’s taken. Of course, since his writing is so stellar, it only makes sense that his How To book would also be well-written and interesting. While he doesn’t make checklists, I do, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #writing, books about writing, Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Writing Fiction

sabian30's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #writing, books about writing, Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Writing Fiction ·
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