The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

It’s hard to pick one book that Ray Bradbury is best known for.  He only wrote a handful of longer books (Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, etc.). Mostly he was a creator of perfect little stories—stories that were usually about something other than what you initially thought. 26 strange, lovely little stories about Mars are woven together in The Martian Chronicles. Today, on RDB's 101st birthday, Kimberly revisits this essential work. Get your copy of "The Martian Chronicles" here:https://amzn.to/3eFla2N Mentioned in this episode:Launchpad Astronomy workshop: https://www.launchpadworkshop.org/Christian Ready Launchpad Astronomy YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/christianreadyStar Dragon by Mike Brothertonhttps://amzn.to/3CZnqNx Spider Star by Mike Brothertonhttps://amzn.to/3gg2BUt My first book - How to Be a Great Studentebook: https://amzn.to/2Lh3XSPPaperback: https://amzn.to/3t5jeH3Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.to/3atr8TJ If you find our work at Socratica valuable, please consider becoming our Patron on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/socratica If you would prefer to make a one-time donation, you can also useSocratica Paypalhttps://www.paypal.me/socratica We also accept Bitcoin!  Our address is:  bc1qda47tgfyk67lxa7yqn8y5m02hjcglghsd5c58nTRANSCRIPT:Welcome everybody, to Socratica Reads. I’m Kimberly Hatch Harrison, the co-founder of Socratica. What do we do at Socratica? We’re dreaming up the education of the future. It’s hard, sometimes, not to get mired in the issues of today. How do you keep your eye on where we want to go? This is one of the real benefits of science fiction. It allows you to think freely. I don’t mean in DENIAL about reality, or that you become unreasonable or illogical. Just that you can think about what the world could be like if we leapfrog over some of the roadblocks that are keeping us stuck here. That’s why my podcast Socratica Reads is focused on science fiction. I’m collecting the stories that have inspired me and inspired our work at Socratica.One of my guiding lights, my North star, is Ray Bradbury. I started this podcast a year ago today, on Ray Bradbury’s 100th birthday. It’s a year later, and of course, I am still looking to Bradbury to remind myself. There’s something about that man that keeps the curious child alive in me. It’s not just Bradbury. It seems like the universe is conspiring. Something amazing happened to me this month. I just got back from a visit to Laramie, Wyoming, where I was invited to take part in a very special workshop called “Launchpad Astronomy.” It’s run by two astronomy professors: Mike Brotherton and Christian Ready. You might recognize Mike Brotherton from his other life as a writer of hard scifi like Star Dragon and Spider Star. Christian Ready you might know as your “friendly neighborhood astronomer”...

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Socratica is all about Lifelong Learning. And one of the best ways to keep learning is to READ. What should you read? Everything! Our co-founder Kimberly Hatch Harrison shares what we're reading at Socratica. Current theme: SCI-FI As Ray Bradbury once said,“Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about." Book List: Episode 1: Ray Bradbury's 100th Birthday All Summer in a Day (found in collection A Medicine for Melancholy) https://amzn.to/3aA3UK4 Episode 2: 2001: A Space Odyssey https://amzn.to/35RdGEX