The Martian Chronicles

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story tells about people from Earth landing on Mars. The Martians give them a hard time as if they were not from Earth. This was later explained when they were thrown into a mental institution. They later showed the doctor their rocket, but he thought the men were telepathic so he killed them and later killed himself.
I was amused to see what the Martians reactions were. They all did not care as if it were a joke. We also got to see what their town was like.
The Taxpayer
This was about a man who wanted to go to Mars bad and said he had a right to go since he was a taxpayer.
I thought this story was normal since something as if that has probably happened on Earth before.

The Third Expedition
This story is about Earth's third expedition to Mars. When they land the find that, the town they landed in is a town that looks like an Earth town. There is Earth music playing. Then all the men see their families in the houses and go running to them. The captain also goes ...

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a search party for Spender. The captain found him and talking to him. Spender said they would get into a firefight and then he would go into some underground tunnels for protection. The captain then left and came with the party later. They exchanged fire but the captain had no choice but to shoot Spender because he did not leave for the tunnels. They buried him in a Martian sarcophagus.
I liked this story. It had some action to it and had a good plot. I thought Spender was stupid for not running but I think he is noble for sticking to his beliefs.

The Settlers
This just said that men were coming to Mars. It said that the first men were few then it increased.
No ...

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