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Ray Bradbury: The Toynbee Convector
2008-04-13 02:03:00 Hot on the heels of having added The Toynbee Convector to my blogroll, I find that it’s a play on the title of a 1984 short story by Ray Bradbury, also called The Toynbee Convector. I’ve not read this particular Bradbury and the plot synopsis c/o Wikipedia is intriguing: … the protagonist is Craig Bennett Stiles, ...
By: KuiperCliff
[sf_fandom] Ray Bradbury Dies
2008-04-01 23:48:00 1462. No, not that one; this one (Via David Langford's Hugo-award winning Ansible): Ray Bradbury (1950-2008), UK fan and long-time stalwart of theBirmingham SF Group, died on 17 March -- about a week before his 58th birthday. He was a skilled conjuror and member of the Magic Circle whose occasional performances in fandom were much appreciated. Given the day, seeing that obit in the Ansible really had me going. It should go without saying that the Birmingham involved is the one in the UK, not the one in Alabama. Our own Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Wine and far too many nifty stories to count here, is still very much with us. Naturally, our thoughts go out to the family and loved ones of the other fellow (who died much too young). Tags: sf, sci-fi, sf fandom, obituaries Powered by Qumana
Tom Hanks Exits Darabont?s ?Fahrenheit 451?
2008-04-01 15:26:00 Tom Hanks has dropped out of Frank Darabont's planned adaptation of the classic Ray Bradbury story.
By: Geeks of Doom
Ray Bradbury?s ?The Martian Chronicles? Inventively Come to Life in Chicago
2008-03-12 05:01:00 CHICAGO ? There was opportunity aplenty for director Kristina Schramm to miss this mark and leave theatergoers with acidic resentment. Tasked with the tall order of bringing to life Ray Bradbury?s classic anthology ?The Martian Chronicles,? though, she wasn?t bested by the oddity of the undertaking. Instead, the cast and crew of this Chicago production inventively transformed the Lincoln Square Theatre ? set squarely within a North Side church ? into Mars where Martians roamed with normalcy. Instead of E.T. descending upon Earth, though, earthlings in this twist of storytelling pervade the aboriginal Martians in their native land for exploration, dreams of dollar signs and even succulent hot dogs. Bradbury was used to reversing the traditional pendulum of the written word through the toils of his own path for fame, which he realized at the nascent age of 30. He churned out succinct vignettes when publishers kept requesting traditional novels. His novel approach, in fact, turned...
AUTOR: Ray Bradbury
2008-02-29 17:23:00 Datos • Nombre: Ray Douglas Bradbury. • Estilos: FantasÃa, ciencia ficción. • Trabajos: Escritor. BiografÃa • Nace: 22 Agosto 1920, Waukegan (Illinois). Nació en el estado de Illinois, hijo de un instalador de lÃneas telefónicas y de electricidad, y de una inmigrante sueca. Su abuelo y bisabuelo paternos editores de un periódico. Durante su infancia fue un ávido lector, pasando mucho tiempo en
By: El último libro
Ertelenen A?k
2007-12-13 05:12:00 Ye?ilkentteki yaz okuluna Ann Taylor?n ö?retmen olarak atand??? haftayd?. Genç kad?n yirmi dördünden henüz gün alm??t? o yaz… Bob Spauldingsse b?y?klar? bile terlememi? on dörtlük bir delikanl?yd?. Aradan bunca y?l geçtikten sonra bile herkes hat?rl?yor, Ann Taylor’u. Ö?rencilerin sabah gelirken ona vermek için k?r çiçekleri toplad?klar?, elmalar, portakallar getirdikleri, karatahtay? p?r?l p?r?l etmek için yar??t?klar?, co?rafya ...
Fahrenheit 451
2007-12-13 03:54:00 Guy Montag i?ini seven bir itfaiyeciydi. On y?ld?r kitap yak?yordu. Gecenin bir yar?s?nda yola ç?k??lar?n?, alevlerin kitaplar? yutu?unu hiç sorgulamam??t?… Hiç sorgulamam??t?, insanlar?n korkusuzca ya?ad?klar? bir geçmi?i anlatan o 17 ya??ndaki genç k?zla kar??la?ana dek… Montag’?n hayat?ndaki bütün yanl??lar do?rularla yer de?i?tirir o andan sonra… ??ini, e?ini, ya?ay???n? yeni bir gözle de?erlendirir. Önünü alamad??? duygular? ...
Deliler Mezarl???
2007-12-13 03:08:00 Ray Bradbury, Deliler Mezarl???’nda kendine özgü esrarengiz yakla??m?yla, 1950′li y?llar?n Hollywood’undan büyülü bir dünya yarat?r. Tuhaf karakterleri, tüyler ürpertici gerilimi ve ?iddetli bir nostalji duygusuyla, bu onun en parlak romanlar?ndan biridir. Bir zamanlar bir ?ehrin içinde iki ?ehir vard?. Biri ayd?nl?k, biri karanl?kt?. Biri bütün gün hiç durmadan hareket ederdi, öteki hiç k?p?rdamazd?. Biri s?cakt?, durmadan ...
Ban books? Ban ideas, ban imagination, ban a future
2007-12-09 00:26:00 To ban a book is to ban an idea. Some ideas are good; some are bad. But good and bad are judgments each of us must be free to make ? and learn to make. At S&R ? as do so many people in diverse media everywhere ? we discuss ideas and express our opinions about them. We try to not suppress the ideas with which we disagree. Rather, we point out what we see as flaws and attempt to persuade others by providing better ideas. The current flap diverting our attention from more pressing matters involves “The Golden Compass,” a movie derived from the first book in a trilogy called ?His Dark Materials? written by Philip Pullman. His novels and the movie (review) have irritated the Catholic Church, which alleges a secularist agenda and fears the film would drive children toward Pullman’s books. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which has published a 23-page denunciation of the film, says: The Catholic League wants Christians to stay away from this movi...
Quote of the Day: Ray Bradbury
2007-10-09 07:37:00 “I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953 US science fiction author (1920 - )
Quote of the Day: Ray Bradbury
2007-05-31 08:27:00 “I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953 US science fiction author (1920 - )
Ray Bradbury suffers a stroke
2006-08-24 19:15:08 Science fiction, horror and mystery writer Ray Bradbury was recovering at his Palm Springs, Calif., home Wednesday from a small stroke. Bradbury, 79, experienced a ’slight stroke’ Nov. 6, traveling from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, his wife Maggie Bradbury told the Palm Springs Desert Sun.His friend, producer John Dayton said Bradbury was ’sharp as ever’ and would recover from the stroke that affected his right side, Daily Variety reported. Bradbury wrote dozens of short stories, screenplays and books including ‘Farenheit 411,’ ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ and ‘Illustrated Man,’ which both became screenplays. Monsters and Critics |
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