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jleopold  ·  3147 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's create a list of essential scifi books

The Martian Chronicles is the last book I remember that utterly terrified me. I don't remember it being especially scary though, and even when I read it, I couldn't point to a specific part that disturbed me, but the sheer eeriness of most of the sections gave me a sense of terror I couldn't escape.





hyperflare  ·  3077 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We actually read it in (English) class, and nobody except me liked it. Maybe it was its melancholy? Sadly, we didn't talk about the reasons for their dislike all that much (or I just do not remember)

kleinbl00  ·  3147 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's an evocative piece of work.

They made it into a miniseries back in '79. I saw it age 4, age 5. It tripped me out.