A short excerpt from a good article celebrating the life of a favorite author who will be 90 in a day:..
"What remains for those who haven’t read Bradbury for some time are memorable books worth rereading and a collage of unforgettable images: the canals of Mars filled with fragrant wine, a gun that fires deadly bees, a man covered with animated tattoos, a cocky gun-slinging bully sitting down in a barber chair for his final shave at the hands of a barber he’s threatened once too often, a spaceship harvesting a small fragment of the sun, a frightened old woman racing home through the midnight streets of Green Town and groping for the light switch in a darkened room in which a stranger awaits, and an adolescent boy fearing for the life of his humble, decent father amid the autumn twilight in a small Midwestern town."
LINK to National Review article
I spent many a lazy summer afternoon under a tree reading his wonderful works. I did so again a few days ago doing a reread on Dandelion Wine. For those who have not read his works, summer is the best time to do so. Do it as I do, under a tree on a lazy day when your imagination can run wild.
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Ray Bradbury at 90
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The Martian Chronicles were absolutely amazing. One of my favorites.
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I always lol at how much he looks like my high school Chemistry teacher, Mr.
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Anyway. In my opinion, Bradbury's most powerful work and true masterpiece is, not Fahrenheit 451, but his short story There Will Come Soft Rains. Every child and every adult should be required to read that; I can guarantee that, if they do, there will never be a nuclear war, ever.Last edited by MaximiIian; August 22, 2010 at 06:30 AM.
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I always had a fondness for the short story, "The Veldt". Kind of like a Twillite Zone episode to punish parents too lazy to actually spend time raising their own children.
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Originally Posted by Simon Cashmere
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Love his short stories, but longer novels always bored me for some reason.
still, I agree that he's one of the greatest sci-fi writers.
