Mike Wallace interviewed Ray Bradbury the night of the Apollo 11 moon landing - you can watch it here:
(Hopefully that link works - there's a slight chance you might need to be logged in in order to view it.)
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - Jun 06, 2012 9:38:25 am PDT #19091 of 28342
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Connie Neil - Jun 06, 2012 9:38:31 am PDT #19092 of 28342
brillig
I love his writing book, Zen and the art of [memfault]. The imagery of his town is glorious.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2012 9:47:38 am PDT #19093 of 28342
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Zen In The Art Of Writing.
sj - Jun 06, 2012 9:50:06 am PDT #19094 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jillian, I actually have Something Wicked This Way Comes based on you recommending it, so that is what I will read when I am done with my current book.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 06, 2012 12:30:15 pm PDT #19095 of 28342
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The Halloween Tree has always been one of my favorites.
DavidS - Jun 06, 2012 12:39:07 pm PDT #19096 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In South America Bradbury is considered to be one of the all time great short story writers, and even Borges praised him. Which is a round about way of saying that his writing style is very consistent with their tradition of magic realism and is not consigned to a genre.
Some of his short stories are incredibly unnerving, especially ones like "The Playground" which I just learned was made into a tv version for the Raymond Bradbury Theater anthology show, and it stars William Shatner!
Ginger - Jun 06, 2012 12:50:59 pm PDT #19097 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
To me, "Skeleton," about the man whose bones hurt, is the most unnerving story there is. "The Small Assassin" is way up there too.
DawnK - Jun 06, 2012 1:06:43 pm PDT #19098 of 28342
giraffe mode
I'm so sad about Bradbury, he was local-ish to us and talked to the middle school kids about writing almost every year. He's not been able to for the last 3 or 4 years but my daughter still remembers hearing him speak at her school.
Sean K - Jun 06, 2012 1:11:19 pm PDT #19099 of 28342
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I absolutely adore Bradbury's writing voice, and his writing had a profound effect on me (I think because of the magic realism) from an early age.
chrismg - Jun 06, 2012 1:13:15 pm PDT #19100 of 28342
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Ginger, those are the two I was thinking of from The October Country. Brrrrr.