• Odo@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    hands raised to catch a ball which never came down.

    That story wasn’t even assigned to us. I read The Martian Chronicles for fun as a kid and stumbled into that lovely scene of existential dread.

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      I absolutely loved Martian Chronicles as a 10yo. I found it disturbing, but it also helped me develop a sense of empathy at a critical time when I was a real asshole