XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:05:20 -0500   
   The True Melissa  wrote:   
      
   > > Definitely =^_^= Finally crossed "The Martian Chronicles" off my   
   > > to-do list last year; "There Will Come Soft Rains" has long been a   
   > > favorite, but there's just a *pile* of other good stuff in there.   
   >   
   > The one I can't forget is "Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed." "Mars Is   
   > Heaven!" was also pretty memorable.   
   >   
   > It's interesting that they're not all set on the same Mars, or at   
   > least they don't appear to be.   
      
   I think they're meant to be. It was written as a fix-up novel combining   
   new material with previously-published stories of Bradbury's, revised   
   to fit; there are some seams visible here and there, but a reasonably   
   coherent narrative throughline.   
      
   "-And The Moon Be Still As Bright" and "Way In The Middle Of The Air"   
   are stories that I really wish didn't still feel as timely as they do.   
      
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