Rocket Summer

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"Rocket Summer" is a short science fiction story by Ray Bradbury that serves as the opening vignette to his classic collection The Martian Chronicles, depicting the dawn of humanity's rocket-powered age.

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instanceOf science fiction short story
short story
vignette
author Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED
depicts dawn of humanity's rocket age
launch of a rocket to Mars
firstPublicationMedium book collection
genre science fiction
hasAuthorNationality American
hasSubject Mars exploration
rocketry
space travel
includedIn various editions of The Martian Chronicles
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeRole frame for The Martian Chronicles
partOf The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED
positionInSeries first story
opening vignette
relatedWork The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED
setting Earth NERFINISHED
Ohio NERFINISHED
theme beginning of space exploration
technological change
transition from Earth to Mars colonization

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The Martian Chronicles containsStory Rocket Summer