Have you ever read the Martian Chronicles?
Written in the 50’s & followed by a movie,
The movie like every movie AFTER a book,
Could never be as enjoyable as the written word,
Just open any book and take for yourself a look…
A book can be philosophical,
A movie can be only cinematical,*
A book can teach many a lesson,
A movie only does a great deal less…
You might find a book cannot be put down,
But a movie will start to gather dust shortly after its been around,
A book always has a stronger story line,
A movie on the other hand is of another kind…
Reading creates dreams,
Movies create nightmares,
In books one can understand its schemes,
Movies may just on your neck raise hairs…
Surely the book about Mars was just science fiction,
No earth bound human does yet reside on Mars,
I’m not trying herein to create any friction,
But one time even a flight to the moon was considered fiction,
But I’d like to be one of the first to visit the Red Planet,
To converse with a Martian & learn of their past,
Even if that particular Martian is of their civilization the last.
© -ed- 12/25/18
(* a new word I have coined)
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interesting work!!!!
never stop writing
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Love ya!
Jane
Regis
Read the book around 1954 in H. S. Enjoyed it.
Thought I saw the movie shortly thereafter. Wrong !
The TV mini-series starring Rock Hudson didn’t start until
1980 - 26 years later - Duh ?
Anyway, your post reminded me of another classic, quite older.
Emily Dickenson’s 1894 poem :
“There Is No Frigate Like A Book”
Go read it - it proves your point !
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I believe that Arthur C. Clarke wrote the book after he wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey. I think I'll have to read the Martian Chronicles. But I am watching the National Geographic series, Mars, and find it very revealing. Mars is a very dangerous and deadly place for Earthlings to tread. When we go there… There will be blood!
Ron