Extollager
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I've finished a reading of The Golden Apples of the Sun. There are some good Ray Bradbury stories in this collection, but few or none that I would rank with my RB favorites. Here are some that I may well read again sometime.
"Hail and Farewell" strongly reminded me of Harlan Ellison's "Jeffty Is Five." I won't attempt a detailed discussion of the two stories; I guess offhand the main difference is that one is closer to the boy's point of view in the Bradbury, but more of a much-moved observer in the Ellison. There's room in this world for both stories.
"The Pedestrian" is a short story with affinities with Fahrenheit 451 -- not one to miss, if you know and appreciate the novel.
"The Wilderness" explores an "ordinary" human love in a time of colonization of Mars.
"The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" was in the vein of Poe and the original Twilight Zone.
"The Flying Machine" was a bit a la Lord Dunsany's post-mythological stories.
"The Murderer" -- prescient piece about too much electronic communications.
Just about everyone here probably knows and likes "The Foghorn" and "A Sound of Thunder."
"Hail and Farewell" strongly reminded me of Harlan Ellison's "Jeffty Is Five." I won't attempt a detailed discussion of the two stories; I guess offhand the main difference is that one is closer to the boy's point of view in the Bradbury, but more of a much-moved observer in the Ellison. There's room in this world for both stories.
"The Pedestrian" is a short story with affinities with Fahrenheit 451 -- not one to miss, if you know and appreciate the novel.
"The Wilderness" explores an "ordinary" human love in a time of colonization of Mars.
"The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" was in the vein of Poe and the original Twilight Zone.
"The Flying Machine" was a bit a la Lord Dunsany's post-mythological stories.
"The Murderer" -- prescient piece about too much electronic communications.
Just about everyone here probably knows and likes "The Foghorn" and "A Sound of Thunder."