author: Ray Bradbury

  • Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

    Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

    I am way late to the Ray Bradbury party. I’ve been reading old sci-fi since I was young, but other than Fahrenheit 451 in grade 10 I never opened another book of his until a couple of years ago. Don’t be like me, start today. Start with this one or Something Wicked This Way Comes. Bradbury is the…

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

    This seems like the book that Stephen King has been trying to write for 50 years. It’s a short book, but it packs heat. And the ending is super satisfying. The writing is so beautiful I read most of the book out loud to myself. Will’s dad’s speech in the library is one of those…

  • The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

    This ranks with A Canticle for Liebowitz for me – bold and philosophical in a way that is kind of immune to time. In the same way that lots of people think that Fahrenheit 451 would have made a better short story, many of these stories were strong enough to build a whole world around. Just brilliant.…