It was gifted to Georgia by her 8th grade English teacher and she found it to be creepy, funny, scary, and thrilling, as well as poetically written.
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On one of the days I actually showed up for class, my eighth grade English teacher who'd either been scared of me or more likely for me, slipped me a copy of the Martian Chronicles.
— Episode: 176 - The LA Book Tour Event at the Wils...
Episode: 176 - The LA Book Tour Event at the Wilshire Ebell...
It was gifted to Georgia by her 8th grade English teacher and she found it to be creepy, funny, scary, and thrilling, as well as poetically written.
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On one of the days I actually showed up for class, my eighth grade English teacher who'd either been scared of me or more likely for me, slipped me a copy of the Martian Chronicles.
It was an older worn copy that she must've brought from home.
I loved it. It's creepy and funny and scary and thrilling and the prose is poetic and beautiful.
Episode: 176 - The LA Book Tour Event at the Wilshire Ebell...
It was described as a book that Georgia enjoyed reading as a young teenager, finding it creepy, funny, scary, and thrilling, with beautiful prose.
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On one of the days I actually showed up for class, my eighth grade English teacher...slipped me a copy of the Martian Chronicles.
It was an older worn copy that she must've brought from home. On the cover were two sleek Martians sitting amid an alien world and gazing at a star streaming across the horizon.
I started reading it under the stairs that afternoon. She was right. I loved it.
It's creepy and funny and scary and thrilling and the prose is poetic and beautiful.
Reading one of Bradbury's books feels like watching an episode of The Twilight Zone except...he makes you feel like you're living in it.
This book was mentioned in reference to the risks involved with trying to live on Mars, specifically referencing the potential for things to go wrong for an astronaut on the planet.
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Have you seen The Martian?
— Episode: Living on Mars
Episode: Living on Mars
This book was mentioned in reference to the risks involved with trying to live on Mars, specifically referencing the potential for things to go wrong for an astronaut on the planet.
It was highlighted by Neil deGrasse Tyson and other guests as a seminal work that both inspired real‑world Mars research—such as the oxygen‑producing MOXIE experiment—and served as a cautionary vision of humanity’s future. Bill Nye referenced its depiction of extracting resources from Martian soil, and Jim Green noted parallels between the story’s oxygenator and current technology. The consensus praised the title for its lasting impact on both science and culture.
Highly Recommended
Episode: Season 8 Time Capsule (Part 1)
Ray Bradbury's 'The Martian Chronicles' was discussed in the context of dystopian science fiction and the author's intent to warn against certain potential futures for humanity.
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Ray Bradbury was accused of saying, why are you always all dystopic about the future?
And you know what he said? He said, is this the future you're wishing we go to? He says, no, I write these futures so that we don't go there.
Episode: The Power of Science Fiction, with William Shatner
Ray Bradbury's book was mentioned, and it was said that he wrote dystopian futures to prevent them from actually happening.
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And of course Ray Bradbury is famous for... The Martian Chronicles.
He said is this the future you're wishing we go to? He says no I write these futures so that we don't go there.
Episode: Maker Mix, with Bill Nye (Part 1) – StarTalk All-S...
The Martian book or movie was referenced in relation to the concept of scraping up Martian soil and using chemistry to make rocket fuel out of it, including extracting oxygen and potentially iron.
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In the Martian, you can scrape the book or the movie, you scrape up some Martian soil and use chemistry to make rocket fuel out of it.
Episode: Maker Mix, with Bill Nye (Part 1) – StarTalk All-S...
The Martian book or movie was mentioned in the context of in-situ resource utilization, where Martian soil is used to create rocket fuel.
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In the Martian, you can scrape the book or the movie, you scrape up some Martian soil and use chemistry to make rocket fuel out of it.
Episode: Mars Perseverance, with Jim Green, NASA Chief Scie...
It was mentioned in the context of the MOXIE experiment on Perseverance, which creates breathable oxygen, similar to the oxygenator in the book.
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It's called the oxygenator on the movie The Martian, but we call it MOXIE on Perseverance.
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Galactic Grab Bag
It was mentioned as an example of a book that was made into a movie, implying it was a popular and well-known book.
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This one is the Martian based on a true story. I'm just kidding.
Episode: Cosmic Queries – Science in Pop Fiction, the Seque...
It was discussed how the book was inspired by scientists like Percival Lowell and his ideas about Mars, as well as how it inspired scientific discoveries in turn.
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And he wrote heavily about Mars And he wrote heavily about Mars And he was in fact the Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury are some of the most important ones
And he said absolutely what you said first of all, right? That he was inspired to write much of the Martian Chronicles based on the scientific discoveries or the purported discoveries of people like Percival Lowell and things like that And he wrote about the canals and so on
But then he went on to talk a little bit about how many letters he had received over the years Where they were space scientists, they were planetary scientists They were other kinds of science-based people who said your Martian Chronicles inspired me to make this discovery Or inspired me to look into that and do that
Episode: Season 8 Time Capsule (Part 1)
It was discussed in the context of dystopian science fiction and how Bradbury used his writing to warn against certain potential futures.
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Ray Bradbury was accused of saying, why are you always all dystopic about the future?
And you know what he said? He said, is this the future you're wishing we go to? He says, no, I write these futures so that we don't go there.
Episode: The Power of Science Fiction, with William Shatner
Ray Bradbury's book was discussed in the context of dystopian futures and how science fiction can be used to prevent undesirable outcomes.
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And of course Ray Bradbury is famous for... The Martian Chronicles. Yeah, Ray Bradbury was accused of saying why are you always all dystopic about the future? And you know what he said?
He said is this the future you're wishing we go to? He says no I write these futures so that we don't go there.
Episode: Maker Mix, with Bill Nye (Part 1) – StarTalk All-S...
The Martian book or movie was mentioned in the context of in situ resource utilization on Mars, where Martian soil is scraped up to make rocket fuel.
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In the Martian, you can scrape the book or the movie, you scrape up some Martian soil and use chemistry to make rocket fuel out of it.
Episode: Maker Mix, with Bill Nye (Part 1) – StarTalk All-S...
The Martian book or movie was mentioned in relation to using Martian soil for rocket fuel, implying that it discussed the concept of resource utilization on Mars.
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In the Martian, you can scrape the book or the movie, you scrape up some Martian soil and use chemistry to make rocket fuel out of it.
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Galactic Grab Bag
It was mentioned as a book, not a true story, while discussing a question from a fan.
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This one's a good one. I'm not authorized to answer that question.
I saw that movie and I was like I guarantee if I tweet this people will be like oh my god I thought so. I read the book.
This is from Jeff Gerchin at Jeff Gerchin. Does space smell?
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