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Tag Archives: Ray Bradbury
The rockets came like locusts.
Like many antiquarian book collectors, I tend to focus on old first editions and elaborately bound illustrated books. Doing so can result in overlooking wonderfully illustrated paperbacks and re-issues such as this terrific 1979 edition of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Where We Are Now
Posted in Art, Books, Film
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury
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Science Fiction Day
Even if you are one of those readers who claim that they don’t like science fiction, it’s more than likely that there are some works in the genre that you have appreciated and enjoyed. When it comes to science fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film, History, movies, Writing
Tagged Dune, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Ray Bradbury, Science fiction
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the books were waiting
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged Fahrenheit 451, Fiction, Ray Bradbury
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Fantastical Traveler
On August 22nd the Waukegan Public Library in Waukegan, Illinois, unveiled a 12-foot statue of Ray Bradbury on what would have been the late author’s 99th birthday. The stainless steel sculpture, titled “Fantastical Traveler,” features Bradbury riding a rocket ship … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
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Still Alarming
I first discovered the science fiction novels by Ray Bradbury when I was 10 or 11 years old. In retrospect I’m certain that many of the themes of his books went way over my head. But when I read Fahrenheit 451 I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Tech, USA, Writing
Tagged censorship, novels, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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First of all, it was October
Something Wicked this Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Are We There Yet ?
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Margaret Atwood, Philip K Dick, Philip Roth, Ray Bradbury, Sinclair Lewis
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So we don’t die of truth
“We have our arts so we don’t die of truth” Ray Bradbury
Friendship is an island that you retreat to…
Blank on Blank is a project from Brooklyn-based Quoted Studios, which aims to preserve American interviews through animation. The wonderful video below features a long-lost interview between the iconic author Ray Bradbury and a young journalist named Chad Coates from … Continue reading