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Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation | Ray Bradbury

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This Monday finds me on the Planet Mars. It‘s only the second time I‘ve visited here in books, I think, having only previously read Andy Weir.

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AnnCrystal 🆒🛸😎. 3h

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Kerrbearlib

Skeletons | Ray Bradbury

My song for #TuesdayTunes. W. Darling, whose real name is Hayley Gene Penner, is a underrated Canadian singer. I recommend her W. Darling EPs and her album People You Follow, which is under her real name.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_sPxorSU6RU&si=Yddj6QzJI5XMnMwZ

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dabbe

The October Country | Ray Bradbury

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Enjoyed these stories immensely. Pretty far out, though ... even for Bradbury! 😂

Andrew65 Will have to check this one out. 2w

dabbe @Andrew65 It was very a la Stephen King. 2w

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monalyisha

From the Dust Returned | Ray Bradbury

Every first Tuesday, our favorite local bookstore hosts Tunesday with a musician‘s circle. You can regularly hear the mountain dulcimer, banjo, tin whistle, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, limberjacks, violin, cello, Chinese erhu, & more!

My favorite part is the Celtic dance & clogging. And the books, of course. This month was also a Wassail celebration. And I drank a literary-themed Blood Meridian cocktail. Anyway, I‘m back now!

monalyisha P.S. I‘m really excited about the weird tagged Bradbury book! The Ernest Cline is my husband‘s. It‘s rare he shows interest in reading something, so of course I snapped it up faster than he could say “Never mind…” 😅 2mo

PathfinderNicole My son is a cellist and he was so excited to point out the cello in the background of your pic 😂 2mo

monalyisha @PathfinderNicole The cello‘s high on my list of instruments I wish I‘d learned how to play as a child! I know it‘s never too late, and my husband *is* a musician…but given my tap-dancing background, I think if I were to learn to play anything in my adulthood it‘d be drums. Or the aquaphone! That last part‘s sort of a joke and sort of not. 😅 2mo

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TheKidUpstairs Crow Lake is so good! 2mo

monalyisha Disclaimer: I‘m home but I have IRL (virtual) book club. We‘re meeting about the tagged. More matches after the discussion‘s done!

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BarbaraJean I have a copy of that same edition of the weird tagged Bradbury book! And I bumped it up on the TBR after my IRL book club read October Country and I learned that two of the stories in it connect with the characters in “From the Dust…” Although by “bumped it up on the TBR” I mean I might maybe read it in 2025 😂 2mo

AnnCrystal 👏🎶📚💝. 2mo

monalyisha @BarbaraJean See? This is why I matched us! Including that “bumped it up” logic. 😆 2mo

Chelsea.Poole This looks and sounds so cozy! Our library hosts Acoustic Night twice a month on Tuesdays also. 2mo

monalyisha @Chelsea.Poole That‘s a fun thing to do! Send me the website? (edited) 2mo

BarbaraJean @monalyisha Yessss! Compatible TBR logic is an important Auld Lang Spine match consideration. I must add: I also own that same edition of Bird by Bird. Also still unread. 😂 Also also: my husband is a musician and would have loved that musician's circle! Once upon a time I checked Armada out of the library for him because he loved Ready Player One. I think he read it and liked it. Hope your husband enjoys it! 2mo

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dabbe

The October Country | Ray Bradbury

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@Catsandbooks

Almost there! 🤩

Catsandbooks Yay! 👏🏼 ❤️ 2mo

dabbe @Catsandbooks 💙❄️💙 2mo

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dabbe

The October Country | Ray Bradbury

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Winding down! 🤩

CSeydel Nice bracket! 2mo

dabbe @CSeydel Thanks to you! 🤩 2mo

CSeydel 😆 I meant, nice book selections! 2mo

CSeydel … but I‘m so happy people are enjoying the bracket graphic ☺️ (edited) 2mo

dabbe @CSeydel I know, but I still had to compliment ya! 😘 2mo

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Kenyazero

The Halloween Tree | Ray Bradbury

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I finally read this book (and in time for Halloween! I'm just a little behind in reviews). I grew up loving the movie and have been planning to read the book for a while. It was great fun reading lines that are word-for-word in the movie. The movie has slightly better storytelling. Bradbury does an amazing job as the movie's narrator. #Halloween #BookToScreen

Kenyazero Used for #OwlHouseReadathon Caleb: involves a spiriting away; and #GottaCatchEmAll mimiky: reread a favorite book (I counted it since it's a favorite story) @PuddleJumper 2mo

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BarbaraJean

The October Country | Ray Bradbury

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This collection of Ray Bradbury‘s short stories was just the right amount of unsettling—a perfect read for October! Bradbury is a master, and there are some gems here. The stories I found the creepiest were creepy for entirely different reasons: “The Next in Line” and “Skeleton.” I loved “Uncle Einar,” “There Was an Old Woman,” and “The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone”—and honestly, those were probably the least unsettling of them all. ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) Other favorites: “The Small Assassin” and “The Man Upstairs.”

This was my IRL book club pick for October, my October #BookSpin, and my 1955 pick for #192025. @TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle 2mo

Librarybelle Nice! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo

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dabbe

The October Country | Ray Bradbury

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October country is a place where autumn is the permanent season. Daytime wanes rapidly; night lives on endlessly. These short stories are full of some of Bradbury's most macabre writing, both bizarre and terrifying. They also contain underlying philosophical truths about humanity and what we need to achieve happiness. Originally contained in the limited edition of DARK CARNIVAL, Bradbury spruced up these tales and added some as well. Riveting.

lil1inblue What an excellent review! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Thanks! You just made my day! 🤩🤗😘 3mo

Texreader So glad you liked it! I wasn‘t a big fan. 3mo

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dabbe @Texreader His writing was so different from F 451 and more like SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Books hit us at different times, sometimes positively, sometimes not. I think I was in the mood for his total out-thereness. And some of those stories were out there! 🤩 3mo

Texreader @dabbe no kidding! Yes 451 was quite different. How can someone not like that book? 😉 3mo

dabbe @Texreader Agree 💯! 3mo

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