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Old 07-29-2014, 11:10 AM
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Bradbury?

Any fans of Ray Bradbury on the forum? My favorite is, as you might be able to guess, his Halloween Tree, followed closely by the ethereal Illustrated Man.

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For me, Bradbury is a writer who perfectly straddles the lines between horror, sci-fi, and fantasy (not a bad idea from a marketing point of view!).

I have heard some of his later work was quite bad, however.

Feel free to share your memories or favorite novels.
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Old 07-29-2014, 11:32 AM
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I'll be honest, I've only read a couple of his books, "Farenheit 451" and "Martian Chronicles". But, I like them!
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:09 PM
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One of my absolute favorite authors. I feel a kinship because he grew up in the Midwest in a simpler time and witnessed a lot of change in the world, very similar to my background.

I love every single book, so it's hard to pick favorites, but I think Something Wicked This Way Comes, and the collection October Country really stand out.

He and Lovecraft are the two biggest influences on my own writing.
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Old 07-29-2014, 02:32 PM
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I got to meet Mr. Bradbury and hear him speak. Somewhere I got an autographed book from him.
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Old 07-29-2014, 03:33 PM
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I got to meet Mr. Bradbury and hear him speak. Somewhere I got an autographed book from him.
Very fortunate. I was surprised to learn of the man's politics some years ago, a rather conservative gent, and wondered about its cause. But then that disposition is true of more sci-fi writers than you think.
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A favorite writer of mine also, certainly one of the ABC's of science fiction. I read an interview with him a number of years where he said something to the effect Mel Gibson purchased the rights to Fahrenheit 451 and was planning to remake it. Anyone know anything about this?
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Old 08-10-2014, 01:24 AM
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Enjoy his short stories more, especially "The Foghorn" and "Mars is Heaven", but truly one the best ever and the literary world is a poorer place after his passing.
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My English II honors class is about to begin reading Fahrenheit 451, actually. REALLY looking forward to it. It looks really interesting.
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