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Followup to rasw because on a good day news.eternal-september.org may
allow me to post to two groups, but never three.

a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
> One of many relevant in
> "Past predictions about the future that were way, way off"
>
> was this one
>
> "The Martian Chronicler falls short
>
> Responsible for dozens upon dozens of short stories, as well as classic
> novels like Fahrenheit 451 and several film adaptations and
> inspirations, Ray Bradbury made science fiction cool, or at least
> mainstream. The average reader may not be familiar with his classic
> dystopian stories such as "There Will Come Soft Rains" or "The Veldt,"
> but have probably heard of The Butterfly Effect (loosely inspired by his
> story "A Sound of Thunder") as well as his disquieting Disney adaptation
> Something Wicked This Way Comes. Then there's his highly influential
> sci-fi saga The Martian Chronicles, which document colonial life on the
> planet Mars (not on Bruno or Veronica, just to clarify).
>
> Speaking of which, Bradbury's often terrifying and prescient
> conceptualization of the future sometimes got a little bit ahead of
> itself. Back in 1950, the prolific author predicted that nuclear war
> would force us onto Mars by the 2000s. Fortunately, we were too busy
> "drinking beer and watching soap operas," to quote Mr. Bradbury, to make
> the colonization of Mars happen. Hey, at least we launched that rover
> thingy, right?
>
> Colonization technology may be in its infancy, but NASA and other
> high-tech companies are working on landing humans on the red planet.
> Bradbury's futurism, if a tad optimistic, continues to inspire future
> generations to reach for the stars and the red planet, if they're not
> wasting their life reaching for craft ales and viral cat videos,
> instead. Thanks, Ray."
>

Bradbury's a favorite of mine, probably because he evokes E A Poe in my
mind. Short stories are my thing and _Martian Chronicles_ (MC) fires on
all eight cylinders for me. YMMV.
    Bradbury used to keep a file cabinet full of partially written
stories that he polished as the spirit moved him. The theme of the MC
collection is the colonization of Mars. Other than that, the stories
stand-alone. ♂

Thank you,

-- 
Don

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The Martian Chronicler falls short a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-28 08:50 -0700
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-28 16:32 +0000
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-28 17:02 +0000
    Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-28 22:30 -0500
      Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 04:05 +0000
        Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-29 12:19 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org> - 2018-04-29 13:30 +0100
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 15:13 +0000
              Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-29 13:55 -0700
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> - 2018-04-30 17:29 +1000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-29 06:35 -0700
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-29 16:32 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-29 15:09 +0000
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 18:52 -0500
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 13:27 +0000
              Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-30 08:22 -0600
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:57 -0500
            Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 13:59 -0500
        Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-04-30 17:54 -0700
          Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 05:25 +0000
  Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-28 22:52 -0700
  The Martian Chronicler falls short Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-29 13:33 -0700
    Re: The Martian Chronicler falls short J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 17:41 -0400

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