Context for "Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water" -- Ray Bradbury

"Okay, Joe. As I was saying, our Martian women are gonna be blond, because, see, just because."

Thus begins Kelly Link's "Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water," a story where a bevy of Barbie dolls aliens make plans for world domination. Or so we are led to believe. The above epigram comes from a story by Ray Bradbury called "The Concrete Mixer." I have included below a synopsis of the story in question.

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"The Concrete Mixer" - A reluctant Martian soldier is forced to join the army as they prepare to invade Earth. However, when they arrive, they are welcomed by a world at peace, full of people who are curious rather than aggressive. The protagonist meets a movie director, and it becomes clear that the people of Earth have planned to exploit the Martians for financial gain. He tries to escape back to Mars, but is run over by a car and killed.

The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of humankind.

from Wikipedia.org