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Bezig met laden... Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars (2005)door Ray Bradbury
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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. You wouldn't read this if you weren't already a fan. So, ignore this if you're looking for fiction It's a collection of essays and other unpublished odds and ends but it's pure uninhibited Bradbury. I've attended a couple of his lectures so I have a passing idea of what he's like in person and this is dead-on. He's very passionate about people with imagination. He roots out the brilliance in all arts like a pig after truffles. Nothing gets in his way of experiencing the best that humanity has to offer and nothing gets in his way of telling you about it. I'm from a much later age as the author so a lot of his analogies to film and literary figures was lost on me. But the sincerity isn't, and I believe every word he says. It's good stuff. He appreciates the past heights of our culture but it doesn't sour him that they are so far behind us. His voice still shines with enthusiasm for life. It's upbeat stuff that will send you back out to the mines to try again. The joy is not in the finding. The joy is in the hope that the fantastic is still out there, waiting for you to arrive. Very inspiring. If you've wished you could face life like Douglas in Dandelion Wine, here's a practical guide. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
He is an American treasure; a clear-eyed fantasist without peer; a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. He has a moon crater named after him and a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame. He has been honored with prizes galore. He has inspired generations of readers to dream, think, invent, believe, and fly. Collected between these covers are memories, ruminations, opinions, prophecies, and philosophies from one of the most influential and admired writers of our time: boyhood experiences that molded the man, as well as his eye-opening, sometimes hilarious true adventures in the realm of the famous and adored; insightful, piquant reflections on humankind's past and future, and where we stand in the universe today; provocative and deeply affecting musings on the present state of art and the unparalleled glory of creation.--From publisher description. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This book is rightly criticized for not being full-fledged “essays” as the title misleadingly claims. He makes his apologies for this in the Introduction, but the book is still worthwhile to read despite this deficiency. Most of the essays here are previously published and a few were unpublished. They all have the feel of being unfinished, fragmentary, or random starts waiting for an occasion to finish them up. They have a news column feel to them, which isn’t a bad thing as he appeared in all types of media forms.
Bradbury is a big fan of Walt Disney, Disneyland and had met him personally on several occasions and was allowed to take what he wanted from the priceless Disney archives. Bradbury saw Disney as a real contributor to the imaginative thinking that was necessary for future readers, creative writers, and especially writers of science fiction.
Although not a deep thinker on God, his biggest heroes are Melville, Shakespeare, and Verne while he holds to the unbiblical concept that God demands, “Yours is not to reason why, yours to be born and die.” He takes a slippery slope position close to Averroism without realizing it. He is an eternal optimist about what the future can bring and dislikes pessimistic appraisals of human nature. He had become wary of technology that fills humans’ time and negates allowance for age old daydreaming about life and its meaning. He has some nice words to say about oft maligned Los Angeles. Bradbury believes it is a place to create oneself rather than be completed by some other place. He still loves London, Rome, and Paris.
Fans of Los Angeles might enjoy this, others might find it too tedious to finish. We read The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 in high school. I was able to get my hardcover copy of Fahrenheit 451 signed by him before he passed away. His personal driver had kids who went to our grammar school. 243pp. No photos. ( )