The Martian Chronicles

1) Confesh: I had never read this before (I did Fahrenheit 451 in high school, not this), and I prob wouldn't have picked this up if it hadn't been for book club. But! I'm glad I did, I enjoyed it more than I expected too (which may sound like faint praise but, whatev).
2) At book club we discovered that there's a difference between pre- and post-1997 editions–I read a post-1997 edition and it swaps out one story (which is apparently pretty racist per those who read it) for 2 other ones, one of which was “The Fire Balloons” which was one of my very favorites in the whole book. (The newer edition also changes the dates within the book, which, whatever.)
3) Anyway, I'm glad I have read this now! Like yeah even with the removal of the apparently very racist story from the earlier edition, the gender politics are dated (and there is one story that is supes fatphobic in addition to misogynistic) and now it's a story of presumed only white characters, but it was overall a quick fun read and I could def see how influential it is on other works.