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Freak Out
06-06-2012, 09:14 PM
Man.....this guy's writing changed my life.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/books/ray-bradbury-popularizer-of-science-fiction-dies-at-91.html?hp
George Cumby
06-06-2012, 09:20 PM
He was absolutely awesome.

What's your top 3?
Upnorth
06-06-2012, 10:00 PM
I got one of his short story collections called the cats pyjama's (i think i havent read it in about 3 babies now) and it was awesome. Loved farenhiet 451, and I also really enjoyed his story about the evil circus (wish i could remember that name too). Gotta dig through the old book totes in the basement.
Freak Out
06-06-2012, 10:22 PM
Something wicked this way comes. Great story.
woodbuck27
06-07-2012, 08:18 AM
I got one of his short story collections called the cats pyjama's (i think i havent read it in about 3 babies now) and it was awesome. Loved farenhiet 451, and I also really enjoyed his story about the evil circus (wish i could remember that name too). Gotta dig through the old book totes in the basement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wicked_This_Way_Comes_(novel)
Upnorth
06-07-2012, 08:23 AM
Thanks Freak and Wood. I have a test on Saturday and then plan to morn by talking to my kids about writers and reading 451 again.
George Cumby
06-07-2012, 08:34 AM
"The Veldt" still haunts me after reading it for the first time in 7th grade.
woodbuck27
06-07-2012, 08:49 AM
Something wicked this way comes. Great story.

I'm wondering if Ray Bradbury had a huge influence on Stephen Kings craft? I'm thinking of the most freightening Stephen King novel I've read.

IT. There were times reading that scary tale when I just had to put it down to regain the courage to finish it. That book was a tour de force in terror.