From: bcfd36@cruzio.com   
      
   On 1/11/26 05:35, James Nicoll wrote:   
   > The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury   
   >   
   > Tales of America's thrilling genocide on and colonization of Mars!   
   >   
   > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/welcome-to-mars   
      
   Interesting reading. Ray Bradbury could really write.   
      
   I haven't read The Martian Chronicles in at least 40 years, maybe 50.   
   But I remember it. I remember two most of all, "There Will Come Soft   
   Rains" which I ran across recently and reread standalone and "Way Up In   
   the Middle of the Air" which I just reread 5 minutes ago. I also   
   remembered that there was kind of a followup to WUITMOTA in "The   
   Illustrated Man". WUITMOTA definitely made an impression on me when I   
   read it as a teenager and later as a very young adult as did the followup.   
      
   Even as a teenager in the '70s, I knew that this wasn't a novel but a   
   collection of short stories. If someone thought that this was a novel,   
   they were naive at best.   
      
   "The Fire Balloons" was mentioned and I didn't remember the title. So I   
   found it and read it. I MAY have read it years ago, but there is only a   
   whisper of a memory and it may not be true.   
      
   I cannot find my copy of "The Martian Chronicles". I have one more place   
   to look. If not there, I may have to buy a copy.   
      
   I also ran across an article about the censorship of WIUTMOTA. I am not   
   surprised at all.   
      
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