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Bezig met laden... The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury (2005)door Sam Weller
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Weller marks the childhood fantasies and nostalgia of Bradbury's stories in a style that reflects the writer's effusive personality. He shows a fan's enthusiasm for reclaiming Bradbury's waning literary prestige and rekindling interest in works like "Dandelion Wine." A science fiction writer who was very prolific. Might be interested in reading if you like his work because that is what the book focuses on. He wrote a short story a week. With this output some are great and some suck. The most interesting thing I remember is that Bradbury wrote science fiction, but he refused to get on planes. He didn't use the techology. The book would have been a wonderful, intimate and friendly sort of biography even if I hadn't met Sam Weller and hosted a reading/lecture/signing with him at my library. Meeting Weller, though, brought so much more to the experience. He had so many wonderful back stories about Bradbury, and so many great anecdotes. I haven't read much Bradbury but hope to in the future. This book really whets the appetite for exploring more of the man's works. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Ray Bradbury is an American literary icon, an architect of wonders whose life has been as fascinating, momentous, and inspiring as his fiction, which has enthralled millions of readers the world over for more than six decades." "Born Rae Douglas Bradbury on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, he displayed an affinity for the fantastic at an early age - spending hours at the local movie theater, fighting his fear of the dark to escape into glorious made-up worlds. Though he once dreamed of becoming an actor, writing was his true calling, and he remained resolute in his art throughout his early adult years despite numerous rejections - finally breaking through with publications of his horror and fantasy stories in the "pulp" magazines of the forties. It was not long before he ascended to a higher literary plane, creating the acclaimed works that would solidify his place as one of the most important and influential authors of the twentieth century: Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Dandelion Wine, to name a very few."--BOOK JACKET. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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