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.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
DawnK - Jun 06, 2012 1:06:43 pm PDT #19098 of 28342
giraffe mode
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 07, 2012 4:13:24 am PDT #19105 of 28342
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
From The New Yorker (sci-fi issue is the latest), this may be Bradbury's last published piece:
And I think on-line New Yorker only, a nice memorium:
Sparky1 - Jun 07, 2012 4:59:36 am PDT #19106 of 28342
Librarian Warlord
Kat, UCLA's catalog indicates they do have a copy on campus, so take a look at that rather than ERIC or Melvyl, etc.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2012 6:37:18 am PDT #19107 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And I think on-line New Yorker only, a nice memorium:
That is a very hearfelt valediction.