I loved it as a kid but need to read it again soon to see if it holds up. Still have that same paperback copy around here somewhere. Others I liked back then were Something Wicked and The Illustrated Man.
You would deeply admire it's subtlety and tastefulness reading it again now. It's sort of like the Americana literary equivalent of a Studio Ghibli movie.
Depends on how you see it. The more complicated chapters near the end of the book, such as the one dealing with The Lonely One as well as the deaths in Doug's family, are all about Doug realizing his mortality. There's also the excellent chapter with the soda jerk and the old woman.
>innocent
You've got my attention. I watched, for the first time, National Velvet the other day. To my surprise, I was moved to genuine tears by the purity of the child protagonist in that film. It was only then I realized just how lacking purity is in our entertainment today. I was somewhat conscious before, but when the purity of the past can bring you to tears, you know society took a wrong turn somewhere.
Anyway, what's it about? I could really use more purity. Anons, feel encouraged to recommend me anything purity-pilled.
It's a book about the summer of a 12 year old boy growing up in a small town in Illinois circa 1928. It's all about all the events and happenings in the town amongst the adults that summer seen through the eyes of the boy. There's some mild fantasy elements in there(it's Bradbury. there's always a fantasy element), but for the most part the book is very much a subtle work driven by the boy and his friends's imagination/interperetation of the townsfolk and all that happens to them.
I loved it as a kid but need to read it again soon to see if it holds up. Still have that same paperback copy around here somewhere. Others I liked back then were Something Wicked and The Illustrated Man.
Is something Wicked kino, I've heard it's part of a trilogy with this book and another one.
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I enjoyed it, but whereas Dandelion Wine feels more like Autobiography, Something Wicked is definitely a novel. The other one is probably The Halloween Tree, which is only ok. All three are coming of age books of ca. 12 yr old boys in a small Illinois town of the 1920's, 30's.
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You seem to know about his bibliography better than I do. I've only read DW and F451. Does his other stuff hold up as well as those two?
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Bradbury is at his best when writing short stories. I think his reputation as a scifi writer is a disservice since he did great work in horror/suspense and even better work in Americana / nostalgia writing. Dandelion Wine is a collection of vingettes, some of which were old short stories published individually (The Whole Town's Sleeping for example). The Lake is a great little ghost story too.
I recommend Stories which is a collection of 100 stories by him and then the other similarly named collection "The Stories of Ray Bradbury" which is a different collection of 100 stories.
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Nice, will check out.
In general I've always wanted to get into his work but never had the time.
Oh, frick off kid. Did you honestly thing that was a novel thing to tell me? Were you expecting to blow my mind? I don't know about whatever shit hole you live in, but where I live used to be a lot better, despite it had problems.
I read this when I was in intermediate school. One of the only school-assigned books I genuinely enjoyed.
Bradbury is probably my favorite of the "classic" sci-fi writers, I've always liked him more than Asimov or Dick or Heinlein or Clarke. He's not really like them, either, he's a different sort of writer with a different vibe.
Any thoughts on his stuff? Apart from this and 451 I haven't read anything of his despite it's influence and reputation, and the two books I've read from him have me convinced of his ability.
The reason I've always been interested in him is that much like Philip K. Dick he has an incredibly long shadow regarding influence on popular culture/media that most people can't even comprehend.
I loved it as a kid but need to read it again soon to see if it holds up. Still have that same paperback copy around here somewhere. Others I liked back then were Something Wicked and The Illustrated Man.
You would deeply admire it's subtlety and tastefulness reading it again now. It's sort of like the Americana literary equivalent of a Studio Ghibli movie.
>Subtle
Possibly the least subtle book I've ever read. Beat-you-over-the-head mushy mawkishness
Depends on how you see it. The more complicated chapters near the end of the book, such as the one dealing with The Lonely One as well as the deaths in Doug's family, are all about Doug realizing his mortality. There's also the excellent chapter with the soda jerk and the old woman.
I'm the one addressed, anon. Look forward to the reread
Enjoy tourself anon
>innocent
You've got my attention. I watched, for the first time, National Velvet the other day. To my surprise, I was moved to genuine tears by the purity of the child protagonist in that film. It was only then I realized just how lacking purity is in our entertainment today. I was somewhat conscious before, but when the purity of the past can bring you to tears, you know society took a wrong turn somewhere.
Anyway, what's it about? I could really use more purity. Anons, feel encouraged to recommend me anything purity-pilled.
It's a book about the summer of a 12 year old boy growing up in a small town in Illinois circa 1928. It's all about all the events and happenings in the town amongst the adults that summer seen through the eyes of the boy. There's some mild fantasy elements in there(it's Bradbury. there's always a fantasy element), but for the most part the book is very much a subtle work driven by the boy and his friends's imagination/interperetation of the townsfolk and all that happens to them.
Sounds pretty good.
It was, very very good.
Is something Wicked kino, I've heard it's part of a trilogy with this book and another one.
I enjoyed it, but whereas Dandelion Wine feels more like Autobiography, Something Wicked is definitely a novel. The other one is probably The Halloween Tree, which is only ok. All three are coming of age books of ca. 12 yr old boys in a small Illinois town of the 1920's, 30's.
You seem to know about his bibliography better than I do. I've only read DW and F451. Does his other stuff hold up as well as those two?
Bradbury is at his best when writing short stories. I think his reputation as a scifi writer is a disservice since he did great work in horror/suspense and even better work in Americana / nostalgia writing. Dandelion Wine is a collection of vingettes, some of which were old short stories published individually (The Whole Town's Sleeping for example). The Lake is a great little ghost story too.
I recommend Stories which is a collection of 100 stories by him and then the other similarly named collection "The Stories of Ray Bradbury" which is a different collection of 100 stories.
Nice, will check out.
In general I've always wanted to get into his work but never had the time.
The world was never pure
Oh, frick off kid. Did you honestly thing that was a novel thing to tell me? Were you expecting to blow my mind? I don't know about whatever shit hole you live in, but where I live used to be a lot better, despite it had problems.
That's the point of the book you dumb Black person. You've never even read it.
I read this when I was in intermediate school. One of the only school-assigned books I genuinely enjoyed.
Bradbury is probably my favorite of the "classic" sci-fi writers, I've always liked him more than Asimov or Dick or Heinlein or Clarke. He's not really like them, either, he's a different sort of writer with a different vibe.
Any thoughts on his stuff? Apart from this and 451 I haven't read anything of his despite it's influence and reputation, and the two books I've read from him have me convinced of his ability.
Nta, but The Illustrated Man is a great collection. Lots of gems, and, in my opinion more importantly, it was and is technologically influential.
k, thanks
the comfiest kino ever
>imagine being a boomer and hearing about your parents growing up like this book and deciding "nah"
indeed
Bradbury is one of the greatest storytellers/writers of the 20th century and it blows that very few people know this.
The reason I've always been interested in him is that much like Philip K. Dick he has an incredibly long shadow regarding influence on popular culture/media that most people can't even comprehend.