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The Martian Chronicles The Summer Night
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The Summer Night
- Interchapter time once again. This time, we're on Mars.
- Martians all over the planet are acting pretty weird. In fact, they're singing songs and reciting poems from Earth—specifically, America of the 1940s.
- Okay, guess we know where Battlestar Galactica got the idea for using "All Along the Watchtower." (What's that? Oh, only the best sci-fi of the twenty-first century.)
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- Introduction
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Summary
- Rocket Summer
- Ylla
- The Summer Night
- The Earth Men
- The Taxpayer
- The Third Expedition
- And The Moon Be Still As Bright
- The Settlers
- The Green Morning
- The Locusts
- Night Meeting
- The Shore
- The Fire Balloons
- Interim
- The Musicians
- The Wilderness
- Way in the Middle of the Air
- The Naming of Names
- Usher II
- The Old Ones
- The Martian
- The Luggage Store
- The Off Season
- The Watchers
- The Silent Towns
- The Long Years
- There Will Come Soft Rains
- The Million-Year Picnic
- Themes
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Characters
- Americans/Humans
- Characters in "Ylla"
- Characters in "The Earth Men"
- Characters in "The Taxpayer"
- Characters in "The Third Expedition"
- Characters in "—And The Moon Be Still As Bright"
- Characters in "The Green Morning"
- Characters in "Night Meeting"
- Characters in "The Fire Balloons"
- Characters in "The Wilderness"
- Characters in "Way in the Middle of the Air"
- Characters in "Usher II"
- Characters in "The Martian"
- Characters in "The Off Season"
- Characters in "The Silent Towns"
- Characters in "The Long Years"
- Characters in "There Will Come Soft Rains"
- Characters in "The Million-Year Picnic"
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