The Halloween Tree has always been one of my favorites.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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."
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
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.
P.M. Marc - Jun 06, 2012 1:53:04 pm PDT #19101 of 28342
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
91 is pretty close to forever, for us humans.
Sadly.
Pix - Jun 06, 2012 3:23:29 pm PDT #19102 of 28342
The status is NOT quo.
I got all but the Narnia. I find that I'm okay with that.
This is me as well.
Kat - Jun 06, 2012 5:34:43 pm PDT #19103 of 28342
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sparky you are awesome for looking. Now I need to visit UCLA's library and see if they possibly have backcopies. ERIC might help.
eta Nope. Not UCLA. Though USC and CSUN both have that edition, according to ERIC.
Toddson - Jun 06, 2012 6:13:50 pm PDT #19104 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I read my father's Bradbury books when I was young - possibly too young - but I loved many, found some unnerving, but always worth reading. They were books I never outgrew or got tired of. There were stories in one of his later collections - The Toynbee Convector - that I can still remember clearly.