Memeness Continued

[washa_way]

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[likeadeuce]

Very cool! I really haven't read that much Bradbury, aside from teaching Fahrenheit 451 in summer school one year (not an ideal way to encounter an author), but I wanted to pick a writer I didn't already know your thoughts about.

You can give me 5 and I will answer. . .at some point.

[washa_way]

I've never made it all the way through a Bradbury novel, though I've probably read just about all of F451 at some point.

But as a short story writer, he's one of the very best ever.

Not just in SF/fantasy, but best *period.*

Any Bradbury collection you can find is worth a look, but if you want the stories linked into something larger, The Martian Chronicles is probably the place to look. Among my favorites:

The Golden Apples of the Sun
R Is for Rocket
S Is for Space
The Illustrated Man
Twice 22
The October Country
The Halloween Tree

You'll find something remarkable in each.

[washa_way]

Oh, and:

1) "The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle"
2) Modern-dress Shakespeare
3) Robin
4) the beach
5) Elvis Costello

[spuffyduds]

There's also the fact that he's responsible for the existence of Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Dark. Yeaaaaah.

[washa_way]

Bonus!