Here’s what happened: Back in April, the random number generator drew “Unknown Soldiers” by Väinö Linna (this novel would be #1224 on our master list). Rodney and Aaron, in particular, were interested in this classic novel of WWII, but copies that weren’t going to cost a million kajillion dollars were appearing to be elusive. Aaron vetoed the book and used the random number generator again to get The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
Ray Bradbury’s 1950 collection of loosely-connected stories that chronicle the human colonization of Mars has long been a favorite of Aaron. Aaron is, in fact, a devoted acolyte of all of Ray Bradbury’s work and thinks it unfathomable that at least one work by this stalwart of the golden age of science-fiction isn’t included on the original list.
In this episode, the cast of Just In Case We Die reflect on the exclusion of a great American author, discuss the eloquence of sci-fi, and celebrate one of their own (Rebecca, natch) opening the gateway into the world of speculative fiction.
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