'The Illustrated Man' is my favourite, although the likes of 'The October Country' and 'The Small Assassin' come close.
Actually, the 2 volumes of the collected short stories of Ray Bradbury is probably the best, although that reminds me of the following exchange from 'I'm Alan Partridge':
Ben: What's your favourite Beatles album, then?
Alan: Tough one. I think I'd have to say 'The Best of the Beatles'.
Actually, the 2 volumes of the collected short stories of Ray Bradbury is probably the best, although that reminds me of the following exchange from 'I'm Alan Partridge':
Ben: What's your favourite Beatles album, then?
Alan: Tough one. I think I'd have to say 'The Best of the Beatles'.
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That short story the "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" was based on. With the lonely dinosaur that is attracted to the lighthouse fog-horn. And Farenheit 451 of course. First read that in about 5th grade. The robot dog was cool.
The Martian Chronicles was my favorite. I absolutely love the ending when the little girl asks her father what Martians look like and he has her look into the stream. Wow!
My favorite short story is about the young man in a society where everyone is equal. Aaargh, I can't remember the name. Given the current PC of society I find myself wondering if we will end up where Bradbury imagined us.
Boo
My favorite short story is about the young man in a society where everyone is equal. Aaargh, I can't remember the name. Given the current PC of society I find myself wondering if we will end up where Bradbury imagined us.
Boo
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Sounds like Harrison Bergeron but that's Vonnegut....http://penguinppc.org/~hollis/personal/bergeron.shtmlBoo said:
(love the sig, Boo - great movie)
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The Illustrated Man is probably my favorite, with The Veldt being my favorite story within it.
My then-wife and I took our three kids to hear him speak at our local library years ago. We bought three hardback copies of The Halloween Tree, and he autographed each to one of the kids.
He was fascinating to listen to, especially when he talked about his experiences in Ireland, writing the screenplay to Moby Dick - very funny. I believe he wrote a book about the experience, titled Green Island, White Whale or something similar.
A friend of mine belongs to a writer's group here in the Los Angeles area, and every year Bradbury speaks at one of their meetings. They usually meet in the auditorium of some retirement home, but when Bradbury speaks, they have to hold the meeting elsewhere, since he says he won't hang around old people.
My then-wife and I took our three kids to hear him speak at our local library years ago. We bought three hardback copies of The Halloween Tree, and he autographed each to one of the kids.
He was fascinating to listen to, especially when he talked about his experiences in Ireland, writing the screenplay to Moby Dick - very funny. I believe he wrote a book about the experience, titled Green Island, White Whale or something similar.
A friend of mine belongs to a writer's group here in the Los Angeles area, and every year Bradbury speaks at one of their meetings. They usually meet in the auditorium of some retirement home, but when Bradbury speaks, they have to hold the meeting elsewhere, since he says he won't hang around old people.
Kull,
You are quite correct. I'm not sure where I got the idea that it was a Bradbury story. I must be getting old.
I watched the Directors' version of 'Blade Runner' last night and noted the building that Sebastion lived in was The Bradbury.
Boo
You are quite correct. I'm not sure where I got the idea that it was a Bradbury story. I must be getting old.
I watched the Directors' version of 'Blade Runner' last night and noted the building that Sebastion lived in was The Bradbury.
Boo
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My favorites would include:
"Pillar of Fire" in A Medicine for Melancholy (?)
"Usher II" in Martian Chronicles
"Christ, Old Student in a New School" in the Again, Dangerous Visions anthology by Harlan Ellison
and my favorite novel would be Something Wicked This Way Comes.
I spent a couple of my teenage years reading everything of his that I could get my hands on. Time well spent. I even adapted "The Small Assassin" for a screenwriting class and used "The Lake" for an oral interpretation competition. Am I a Bradbury geek or what?
"Pillar of Fire" in A Medicine for Melancholy (?)
"Usher II" in Martian Chronicles
"Christ, Old Student in a New School" in the Again, Dangerous Visions anthology by Harlan Ellison
and my favorite novel would be Something Wicked This Way Comes.
I spent a couple of my teenage years reading everything of his that I could get my hands on. Time well spent. I even adapted "The Small Assassin" for a screenwriting class and used "The Lake" for an oral interpretation competition. Am I a Bradbury geek or what?
Sundog said:
Your question assumes that there might be a least favorite Bradbury...
I havn't read the rest of the thread yet, so at the risk of massive "me, too"-ing, my top three:
The Lake (Oh, Tally!)
The Halloween Tree
The Martian Chronicles (with special emphasis on Usher II & There Will Come Soft Rains)
Of course, now you've reminded me of To The Dust Returneth, the Homecoming, Uncle Einar...
Ok, then, they're all my favorites! Deal!