Month: August 2014

This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Well, way back over Memorial Day weekend when I posted my first official post for my summer project of doing a ‘book club’ on Ray Bradbury’s classic, The … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – Wrap” »

This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE MILLION-YEAR PICNIC In “The Long Years” we saw that in 2026 Mars was largely empty, and in “There Will Come Soft Rains” we saw that in 2026 … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Million-Year Picnic” »

This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS This story has been so often anthologized that it is probably the best known of all the stories in The Martian Chronicles. The … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – There Will Come Soft Rains” »

This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE LONG YEARS The short vignette ‘in between’ stories are over, and now we are down to the final three Martian Chronicles. All three of these last stories … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Long Years” »

This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE WATCHERS This is the last of the short vignettes, as the stories that follow this one are all ‘full’ stories that stand very well on their own. … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Watchers and The Silent Towns” »