The Martian Chronicles - A Dying Race - Extra Sci Fi - Part 1

[@extrahistory]

What do Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" reveal to us about society on Earth?

[@jebthepleb492]

I feel that these chronicles are a series of criticisms about different ways of us humans. By shunning the abnormal from our society and going as far as seeing them as barbaric (for example), this very well reflects how Europeans have seen Africans during the 18th/19th century, even mimicking how foreign colonies collapsed from the disease they brought with them.

[@alexanderfortier5488]

Extra Credits, you guys should add some Extra Sci-Fi merchandise to the shop.

[@extrahistory]

What type of merch would you be interested in seeing? --Belinda

[@legoworksstudios1]

This all hits very close to home. How long before humans follow martians into extinction...?

[@redfeildre349]

A rocket ship with warp drive.

[@nakenmil]

The Martian inability to plan ahead with their dying world is... I mean, it's probably more relevant than ever, tbh.

[@politicalunrestproductions2805]

Yes and no. If you're talking about the abuse/overuse of depleting resources, well I think at least most of the world (including the USA, though we just like don't like to do what others tell us, we prefer to do things by ourselves and feeling like were doing our own thing and then do what everyone else is doing anyway, just with an American flare) does take it seriously. Invention and innovation have been almost exclusively bent not towards producing MORE energy (we can do that all day long nowadays), but instead in making those methods of producing energy clean, efficient and with little impact in our environment as possible. However, there are some on our world who don't take it seriously (looking at you far east Asia and China). But they do so to build capacity to do to a declining, benile culture. There are lessons to be learned here though, no doubt.

[@brockmckelvey7327]

I never thought I'd see the day when Frankenstein seemed more positive than another novel.

[@1simo93521]

Brock McKelvey it's Ray Bradburys thing, it's partly why I never liked his stories they are so miserable and depressing. I preferred Isaac Asimov, arthur c clarke, larry niven and Harry Harrison for there more optimistic wondrous stories.

[@MrCount84]

Brock McKelvey I read a story by Bradbury that simply had a part that said the dog ran out of food and died

[@squatch570]

@@1simo93521 I think even H.P. Lovecraft was more positive than Bradbury.... And Lovecraft was a horror writer!!

[@Wreckonning]

Bradbury's writings seem to have been based, at least in part, on Orientalism. Orientalism was the depiction, in art and writing, of "orentiental" cultures as dying cultures that once peaked long ago before becoming corrupted. They depicted the architectural wonders of the Middle East and India as crumbling solitary artifices that the people inhabit but no longer know how to maintain. They depicted the cultures as corrupt, unimaginative, and continuing the same routine without innovation or change. "Timeless" is how it's often described, like the people continued to live on as if they were still in their prime, but that time had been long past. The people themselves are often depicted as brutal, barbaric, and primitive despite living among great splendors or in the ruins of greater empires. This is how Europeans came to see cultures they came across as "needing" to be taught european language and culture to the exclusion of the native ones, and how they came to view themselves as "needing" to protect these marvels from the people who had been living there for centuries.

[@MartaTarasiuk]

I remember when I first read The Martian Chronicles. I was 14 back then so most of its themes went straight over my head. Still it managed to completely blow my head. It's great to re-visit the book after so many years, this time with a more perceptive eye and mind.

[@toddvogel8887]

Huh, ignoring obvious problems, focused on more mundane things, pushing along issues to the next generation to solve, sounds.. familiar..

[@clan741]

The Martian shooting himself would of been tragic if it hadn’t been so funny “There we go, oh no the ships still there, I’m the crazy one!” Blam!

[@VashdaCrash]

That was my reaction when I read the book, I guess I didn't get it. I did get some awful things about humanity and stuff though.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I love that you are covering this book!! A total classic

[@Jebbtube]

A society that relies on past technologies, doesn't seek advancement, is complacent, and fears change and progress... Nope! Can't think of anything like that in our world.

[@randomobserver8168]

That doesn't really sound like our world.

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

I actually can't think of anything like that in our world.

[@sadham2668]

The Amish?

[@CybershamanX]

I forgot just how much I loved Bradbury's work. I read TMC when I was younger and in fact, I just rewatched the TV series a couple of years ago. Definitely some deep stuff in there to ponder and reflect on. Thank you so much for this new series. You guys are going places that I never dreamt anyone would go, let alone to a mass audience. You convey the information in such a friendly way and I'm sure that it will reach many more people than a "stuffy" video from someone else ever could. Keep up the good work! I can't wait for the next installment! :)

[@Kaelusk]

Good ol' Bradbury. Fell in love with his writing when i was 13, and had it reinforced in high school. Thanks for covering one of my favorite books, guys

[@cherrybutterflyproductions6795]

I've been writing a post-apocalypse series focusing on the question of personal identity and its influences, and the ways in which it can affect the world recently, and the most apropos apocalypse scenario I could come up with was the same way that the Martian society finds its demise--a slow, plodding death due to resource shortage, and the gradual decline of economic and then societal infrastructure that follows. Thank you, Ray Bradbury, and thank you guys for covering his work. I wouldn't have thought of it without you guys.

[@offduty23]

Will Asimov's "Foundation" stories make an appearance in this series?

[@matthewsurdej4643]

i hope so

[@merrittanimation7721]

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

[@merrittanimation7721]

jordan rivard Well the person who said that didn't have anyway of knowing about a telepath coming in and making everyone defeatist

[@sraaju]

The probability that Foundation will not be covered in this series is infinitesimal -- the Psychohistorian

[@Canuovea]

An interesting comparison to Tolkien's Elves, though the cause for the problem is almost reversed. The Noldor's weakness, both in the first age and the second age, was their propensity for scientific and creative endeavours. Their decline is not caused due to a lack of interest in science (I use the term metaphorically in part), but because of it. Celebrimbor and the Elves of Eregion were keen to try new things, to invent, and so they took to the potential found with rings of power quite enthusiastically. They made better and better rings that gave them greater and greater mastery over the world and nature... but in the end, in an almost Battlestar Galactica fashion, that very power was turned against them by an outside force that has infiltrated them. In the first age, the whole folly of the Noldor's rebellion against the Valar is to do with their love of invention as symbolized in part by the Simarils. If it were not for the Noldor's inventiveness and desire to create, Sauron would never have been able to create his ring and dominate the others. And so the Third Age is largely the Elves keeping to themselves, though sometimes taking steps to amend their mistakes. This idea of Tolkien's distaste for science (after a fashion) can actually be seen through his characterization of the Valar, the angelic overlords of Arda (the world). Of the "good/not-Satan" ones, the smith Aule is the one who most overtly runs the risk of betraying Illuvatar (God by any other name) by, in his enthusiasm, creating "life" in the form of the Dwarves. Even more telling is the characterization of Melkor, who becomes Morgoth, and is essentially Lucifer. Melkor, before the formation of the world even, seeks for knowledge and power. His curiousity causes him to search the void for the flame imperishable, though he finds it not for it is with Illuvatar alone. In Melkor we see a Vala with a mind even more scientific than Aule. Even when he becomes evil, Melkor is the inventor. It is he who teaches the Noldor the art of making swords (though he later regretted this) and they learned much of the world from him. He takes the Elves and through what could be considered genetic mutation and experimentation turns them into Orcs. Morgoth's mastery of a kind of false creation represents his ability to use scientific knowledge. The most impressive example of this is the dragons. In a science fiction story, Morgoth would have used selective breeding and genetic experimentation to do what he uses magic to do in creating the dragons. You see the more primitive forms of dragon first, wyrms and such, until he creates a fire breathing dragon that crawls on the ground. But Glaurung is only the father of dragons, not the ultimate design, as Morgoth continued his experimentation and created his magnum opus: The winged fire dragon. Of course the winged dragons are defeated by the forces loyal to Illuvatar because so God triumphs over science. It could be argued that Tolkien's portrayal of Morgoth demonstrates a view of science as heresy. Not that this is the only interpretation, and indeed Tolkien was not fond of allegory, but at the very least I believe this reveals a bit of Tolkien's mindset. As tangential as that was, I think it makes an important distinction between the Noldor of Tolkien and the Martians in Bradbury's Martian Chronicles. The cause of the Martian's woe is a technological stagnation (as well as a cultural one), whereas the Noldor suffer, and cause suffering, because of their desire for "technological" progress and advancement. Though this does in the end result in a cultural stagnation for the Noldor, this is rooted in their rebellion and the stagnation itself is not considered a bad thing, per se. A friend of mine and myself have talked at length on this subject, and she decided it is one of the main differences between science fiction and fantasy. I am not so sure. While it is true the Noldor are almost a parable against scientific and technological advancement for its own sake, this in and of itself is not something that is so alien to Science Fiction. See that Battlestar Galactica reference earlier, where the entire human fleet is disabled because they got remotely hacked because "hey guys, lets put wifi on our ship and get rid of wires!" But there are other science fiction stories I have read that share this idea of progress as dangerous. Perhaps we will see it here in the next video as well... So I shall leave you with that: Morgoth as Scientist.

[@Canuovea]

Thank you for the kind comment, and you're correct, yeah, Third Age is the main focus. I do believe that the attitude to that stagnation is different in both works and the root is different, though. I mean, the Elves have been forced into stagnation, not because they are happy but because they are kinda scared of science because they've singlehandedly caused most of the problems in the world because of it. The Martians seem, from my interpretation of this, to have simply decided they're advanced enough and they're perfectly happy with what they have. And of course, to Tolkien the Elves have the right idea, whereas to Bradbury the Martians have the wrong one. It stands to reason Bradbury would say the Elves have the wrong idea and Tolkien that the Martians... maybe... had the right. After all, Tolkien's Elves are a lot more hospitable than the Martians are. Of course, anything to do with Tolkien is tricky because the man despised allegory, but these are the attitudes he reveals (at least to some extent). I also feel compelled to repeat that the Tolkiensian approach here can be applied to science fiction (one could argue there is a bit of this in Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep) and the Bradburian one to fantasy. Its just something I find fascinating. Oh, and I just realized that The Elves only really kick off their malaise and fight Sauron in the 2nd Age (Last Alliance)... after a lot of wars and such with Sauron already occurred. I'm not sure if it can really be considered properly kicking off a malaise, since arguably the malaise only really settled in in the Third Age. So Extra Credits done an oops and I'm now a pedantic LOTR fanatic.

[@funnysillyclown]

I didn't think I'd like this series too much but _MAN_ you guys are good! You can take something I have so little interest in and make me ponder it day and night! Incredible!

[@Geneforson]

Can't tell you how surprised I was to see this pop up on my feed... from your channel (on of my faves) no less. I read this novel back when I as in secondary school and it BLEW me away. In terms of school reading material I wasn't really expecting much and was just reading the class material for the grade, but THIS novel shocked me on how much it pulled me in. Despite being such an AMAZING book, it is not up there in popularity like the other gradeschool / secondary school readings. So i am estatic to actually see it popping up on Extra Credits so many years later. #Feelsgoodman

[@patorjk]

I loved this book when I was younger. It's been so long since I've read it, but that first story has really stuck with me and set a really interesting tone for the book. Bradbury was an amazing writer.

[@ThomCote88]

Bradbury's one of my absolute favorite writers and The Martian Chronicles is one of my absolute favorite Bradbury books. So glad you're doing this series!

[@macsnafu]

That was the thing that first got me about the Martian Chronicles, how humans landing on Mars and encountering Martians was so different from what the humans, and the reader, had expected it to be.

[@kaibeargaming244]

Personally, to me, the two Ray Bradbury stories I've read have a constant undertone of warning that you only notice after you've read them. Especially A Sound of Thunder, which is where the term "Butterfly Effect" comes from. I think that Ray Bradbury was trying to warn us about the future, cautioning us to be mindful of the technology we create.

[@noneofyourconcern3276]

Ray Bradbery was a Early Sci-Fi and Fantasy artist and this series is more Fantasy than Sci-Fi, and as such; much more a work of literature or an epic poematic series

[@shurik121]

This was one of the first sci-fi books I've ever read, I owe my love of sci-fi to it. Martian Chronicles is an amazing book.

[@seraph_77]

Guys guys, I'm pretty sure this series will be on going much like Extra History. You don't need to request if certain works will be mentioned in the series. If there is something to be said on it then they will get to it I'm sure.

[@lonjohnson5161]

I see you like the authors who use science fiction to tell a bigger, human story, but what about the authors who are deeper in the science? Take Larry Niven, for instance. He will take a "what if", such as a constructed world simple in concept, but unimaginable in scale (Ringworld) and explore it for the sake of exploring it. Perhaps my assertion isn't entirely correct. His work does have the theme that aliens might be able to think as well as you, but they will think differently. I hope you do a series on Niven or perhaps the team of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Also, I think the exploration of science fiction will be incomplete without mentioning Heinlein.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Lon Johnson I guess the issue with that is, in Ringworld's case, while the world building is interesting everything else is underdeveloped and kinds dull. That includes stuff like plot and characters

[@dannynielsen553]

If hard sci-fi is more your bag, I recommend "A Man From Planet Earth" by Giancarlo Genta and "The Protos Mandate" by Nick Kanas. What's great about them is that the authors are scientists within the fields relevant to the stories, so you get presented with what they consider a "realistic" scenario for your traditional sci-fi tropes. "A Man From Planet Earth" is mostly about humans encountering extraterrestrial life & "The Protos Mandate" is about deep space travel and human colonization of far-away planets, and the kicker is (at least in the e-book version) you get a second section basically explaining the science behind it and how it relates to what we know today.

[@lonjohnson5161]

I used Ringworld as the example most people will know him by and taken alone, I can see why you see things as you do. I have read a very large portion of his published work and I think it is fair to say Niven is mostly a short story writer. His short stories are usually good at exploring an idea and getting to the point. I think the problem with the Ringworld is that it is a short story idea that can't fit into a short story. To further support your point, Larry Niven seems to be at his best when he is collaborating with another author. While I like both Niven and Pournelle, I think their collaborations are better than either of them alone. My point is that I would like to see a series or three based on the influence of hard sci-fi authors. I suppose Heinlein would be a better choice being earlier than Niven and virtually everything he published became cliche because so many copied him. The main reason I suggested Niven instead of Heinlein is that I have read more Niven and am better able to discuss the material.

[@doppelrutsch9540]

I see your Niven and raise you Greg Egan. Reading The Clockwork Rocket gave me the feeling "Oh so, *that* is what real hard SF feels like!"

[@anotherone5235]

If we stick with Niven and Ringworld, the Fleet of Worlds series builds on that universe and adds character(s) (probably due to the collaboration with Edward M. Lerner). :)

[@edwardwu7730]

I like how the art is getting more and more realistic, using drawings of real people instead of the armless cartoons

[@sraaju]

That Americain Gothic rendition was fabulous.

[@stjimmycanedo]

Beautifull drawings of the elves, the one i loved the most is the one with sauron and the elf with a sword

[@gamedesignwithmichael]

Loving these extra SciFi videos. Such an interesting way to look back at the history of a genre and the themes people were writing about at the time. The art is phenomenal too.

[@MasterJediDude]

I love this! He’s one of my all-time favorite authors. You did an awesome job presenting this and I can see your love for the material. Great imagery too!

[@justinhull8202]

Thank you guys so much for making this series! The Martian Chronicles is my favorite book and I think it's so relevant in American society today. Keep on with the stellar videos!

[@AThousandYoung]

Lovecraft, Wells and C.S. Lewis also explored "dying race" themes, even earlier than Bradbury and Tolkein.

[@barrybend7189]

Hey can you please do videos on cyberpunk from both America/Europe and Asia. And don't forget about GUNNM and it's comparison to Ghost in the Shell.

[@TheShadowwalker007]

Barry Bend, yes yes yes Cyberpunk. Maybe the change can get some money for CDprojectRed...?

[@barrybend7189]

It's good to ask so there's more to look at for the full picture.

[@CalebSpears1]

I love this channel. Every series, whether it be gaming, sci-fi, or history-it’s always so fun and has great content. Great job!

[@SeanHiruki]

When is Extra Tolkien?

[@Rick586]

I’d love to see their graphic for a giant spider destroying the FREAKIN SUN.

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

2009Bandman Wat....

[@kwerboom]

@ Kyononnon the bold I believe 2009Bandman is referring to events in "The Silmarillion" (a.k.a. the back story to "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy"). I read through "The Silmarillion" once and just barely remember it. Its not the easiest read compared Tolkien's more well known works.

[@Rick586]

Nailed it, Keith! Originally, all the light in Arda (the world where The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set) came from a pair of enormous trees far to the west in the land of Valinor. Morgoth (literally Satan) wanted the world shrouded in darkness, so he enlisted the aid of Ungoliant (a spider the size of a mountain) in destroying them. They failed to completely destroy the trees, as a fruit from each of them survived. One became the sun, the other the moon. Morgoth went on to train Sauron, and Ungoliant became responsible for all the horrible giant spiders in existence (most notably Shelob).

[@malcomalexander9437]

A spider the size of a mountain is a massive disservice to Ungoliant. She is an Eldritch Entity of darkness that wants to devour all things(yes she did turn on Morgoth, he got bailed out by some Balrogs). Eventually she may have devoured herself. But Shelob is her child.

[@michaelhemkendreis432]

Thank you: I read this in the Seventies and I vaguely remember it. Your summary is perfect !

[@patrickguilford7119]

Wow...this takes me back. Haven't read the Martian Chronicles since 7th, 8th grade.

[@shivorath]

Watching this really makes me want to hear your analysis of C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. I hope you'll cover that eventually!

[@danielgertler5976]

I mean...A society dying out because they know what problems they face and say "the next generation can deal with that". Sound familiar to anyone else...?

[@YoBadMama]

I love this series, and absolutely LOVE the pulp sci-fi artstyle you guys use for it!

[@우찬호]

Ah~ Starcraft references. I like.

[@thompsonel-melloi9270]

Agreed. At 0:34 I'm like, YASSSS STARCRAFT.

[@barrybend7189]

Need more warehouses.

[@우찬호]

Barry Bend And nuclear strikes

[@yonokhanman654]

Nah, Overlords are all we need.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

No, those are Martian Chronicle references.

[@SiliconChipCookie]

I remember my animation teacher letting us listen to a radio recording of Martian Chronicles (Dimension X was it?) and made us draw posters about it with just imagination. It was fun, very strange and very out-of-this-world.

[@owlsseeyou]

5:43 Marshin has 6 toes.. Amazing Drawing and narrative as always! Keep it up :D

[@rexmundi3108]

Michael Moorcock explored similar themes. The Melniboneans, Gran Bretanians and the Vadhagh, to name a few of his races, each had their own form of cultural/spiritual ossification that led to their own crises.

[@mohandasjung]

Great work, I can't describe how much you guys have done to me. So much lesons and recomendations! Thank you. (Videogames, literature and history in the same place? Hell yeaah!)

[@christianlie218]

Thank you Extra Credits, you always craft interesting videos but this one was something special even among great company!

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

So will anything about the predator or alien be done on this, also love what your doing here :D keep up the good work!

[@naurrr]

omg i love Bradbury and I'm thrilled to see extra sci fi cover his work!

[@Drilling4mana]

This is one of my favorite Sci-Fi works of all time.

[@vsevolodtrofimov5848]

But Tolkien elves aren't really in decline. They always have the ability to go back to valinor(even the cursed ones, if I'm not mistaken), when they decide to go on constant rest. So those who stay are more like "on the watch", rather than simple shadows of what they once were, and their apathy comes from boredom, until the real crysis comes. (because they compare all events to the early middle earth, even important and dramatic events for other races deserve no intrest from them).

[@andrewjohnson6716]

As a side note, this book also strongly influenced the creation of the DC comics character Martian Manhunter. Last survivor of a dying Martian species of bald, shape shifting telepaths.

[@Snailman3516]

Started reading the Martian Chronicles, and I can say with confidence that they are exceptional.

[@pfefferle74]

It's funny how similar the Martian family is to the US family picture of the 50's. The woman cleans the house while the man spends time in the "study". Also they were supposedly more advanced than humans but never discovered that Earth also has an ecosphere (they actually think it has too much oyxgen for it, which is funny, because it means they observed our atmosphere but overlooked all the lights of our cities on the night side of Earth).

[@Schattenmaler]

or they observed it billions of years ago, before life existed and assumed earth is uninhabitable. They never came back to check again.

[@michaelmiele5810]

Ahhh! I was waiting for you guys to get to this! Love The Martian Chronicles! Really excited for your next video on them.

[@seventy-sixtrombones4130]

I remember in fourth grade, I had free time and forgot to bring a book to read, so I picked up the Martian Chronicles. I got in trouble later that day for not putting the book down.

[@wesleypatterson3286]

See, this is why i love old sci-fi. We can read about ridiculous things like humans in air-tight space suits transmitting diseases, and humans building a fire in space. Sci-fi is so hard on the science part these days the fun has been sucked out of the fiction part.

[@balrogdahomie]

I didn’t know Bradbury wrote about the martians this extensively, but I can immediately see the connections between this and “Dark They were, and Golden Eyed”, Which was the only Bradbury I read besides Fahrenheit 451.

[@oberstul1941]

The artwork... it is beautiful....

[@bondfall0072]

Just finished reading Martian Chronicles. Great book. Highly recommended.

[@adeptusvoxradio]

this series is absolutely fantastic.

[@Suprsim]

STILL LOVING THESE, SO GOOD!!!

[@tanglingheadphones]

I was hoping for a Le Guin special, since she passed away recently, and she's such an icon in the genre. Excellent episode however, still enjoyed this a great deal!

[@jeric_synergy8581]

Damn, that doctor shooting the Earthman illustration?: KUDOS!!! Really excellent.

[@braindeadgenius2]

I remember I read this in early middleschool. I was confused, frustrated, and incredibly intrigued. I read it too early, but Im so happy I did.

[@griffincardwell8719]

The drawings are both satisfying and beautiful at the same time

[@roy4173]

Anyone else catch Raynor's Raider's symbol? Someone plays Starcraft!

[@joshuaedelman3861]

I love Martian Chronicles so much, it's one of my favorite books

[@speedybill47]

This book is my single favorite work of all time!

[@hcolli]

You guys are awesome, please keep up this series.

[@johndunkelburg5143]

It will be interesting to see a review of the novel "A Canticle For Leibowitz" by Walter M Miller, Jr. as an example of future history.

[@pinkdogroslyn8832]

6:57 oooh I see that Mr Handy

[@froze525]

Please do an episode on Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed. Its on of my favorite sci-fi books and is one of the reasons I became an anarchist.

[@mattaugustine5542]

One of the themes in this book is that history repeats itself if we don't learn from the past. Ex: Earthmen coming to Mars and killing the Martians from chickenpox is representative of the Europeans coming to the Americas and killing the native Americans.

[@briangoubeaux5360]

The society of the Martians kind of resemble what happened to the Aztecs a bit around the time of the Conquisadors. Complacent in their isolated society, yet unable to comprehend outside influences when they arise.

[@williamcampbell4807]

I'm writing a sci-fi book, and this is very inspiring. Thanks.

[@drawnseeker]

I love this a ton. It's so cool to see the roots of sci fi.

[@FlutterGuy121]

I see where Axiom Verge got a lot of inspiration for the sutra. The chronicles sound really good.

[@blanksymortimer4088]

I remember reading this in 7th grade. makes me melancholy remembering it now. thanks :)

[@TheWilyx]

Since the first time I read it I have always love The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury was a genius!

[@magnvss]

Those Martians seemed suspiciously human. But given that they are merely a metaphor for a feared (and unrealistic) dystopian human future, it is pardoned.

[@KM-uk2rt]

Loving these videos! I hope you guys keep these going! :D

[@Mitsunosai]

I had no idea how much DC had borrowed from Bradbury for the Martian Manhunter

[@anthonyfrias5533]

It blew me away

[@grizzy-thekiwi1144]

can you please do some history videos on the new zealand land wars please? it's interesting and would give people more information about my country. p.s. maybe even the wahine disaster too. probably would be one episode.

[@armorsmith43]

thomas smith Lindybeige did one. You’ll have to ignore that one word in the beginning though

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Just finished reading the book! I was holding on watching the video series until I did. I really aprrecaite the effort the artist in the video went through, I consider myself as a person with good imagination but even then I struggled to imagine many of the more bizarre Martian contraptions. That said, weren't Martians supposed to have red hair though? I'm confident it is stated that at least Ylla did.

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Cotati]

I gotta wonder if "Officer K" from Blade Runner 2049 was directly informed by the Mr & Mrs K.

[@meatybtz]

Love the pictures of the Martians bored and watching their smart-martian-phones.

[@Nyghtking]

The thing I don't like about this is it reflects humanity to a degree as there are such people that exist that would rather ignore the issues such as resources running out and instead will just pass it on to the next generation.

[@SeriusSim]

Thanks for this guys!

[@ethantemple506]

7:00 Ah, I see a Mr. Handy in the background? Good job of using a Fallout reference!

[@trupotato]

I need a time machine, real quick, can someone lend me one? I just needa go to next Tuesday.

[@TheCommonGentry]

Is there a way you guys can do one of these scifi mini series on Lovejoy? there's a new game coming out that i think is based on a Lovejoy short dealing with Madness. i think you guys can out a very enlightening spin on it.

[@PainCausingSamurai]

Glad to see the Sci-Fi series is covering other authors, but sad that 'Hinterlands' didn't make it into a Gibson video. Regardless, continued thanks!

[@elijahtr2210]

Lol, just as I ordered the book to read after watching your Canals on Mars video

[@technomunk]

The Mr Handy at 7:00. Just couldn't resist pointing it out.

[@joshuaclare4860]

Maaaaaan lemme tell you something man. The art maaan the art!!!!!!!

[@Rehteal]

"I'm going to put my quantum harmonizer in your photonic resonation chamber"

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Ah the Martian Chronicles! I remember reading this back in 8th grade.

[@losalfajoresok]

I want to read again Martian Chronicles after this video!

[@9365fall]

I Love the starcraft art

[@brende8150]

I love this book and I think it cool what you did whith it.

[@samuelwithers2221]

6:57 I see you Mr. Handy, don't try and hide