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75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

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Ray Bradbury. Bradbury is captured in mid-speech or thought, leaning slightly forward toward what appears to be a microphone. The strong side-light highlights his aquiline nose, high cheekbone, and neatly combed hair, while his trademark horn-rimmed glasses rest firmly on his face. He wears a dark jacket and collared shirt; the lapel and collar peek out just enough to suggest formal, mid-century attire. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ray_Bradbury#/media/File:Ray_Douglas_Bradbury.jpg

75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

“I recall Midwestern summer nights, standing on my grandparents’ hushed lawn,” Ray Bradbury told me in 2010, “and looking up at the sky at the confetti field of stars. There were millions of suns o…
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