Bradbury Stories

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

My other tentative reading project of 2023 has been Ray Bradbury's 100 Selected Stories. Rather than reading works from beginning to end as I did with Dickinson, I have been dipping in at random throughout the year & ticking off the piece in the table of contents when finished. Today I read the last 10 stories in the book, making this the official final book of 2023,. Bradbury is the author of 2 of my favorite works of all time (CONT)

vivastory “The Martian Chronicles“ & “Something Wicked This Way Comes.“ His short stories have been a decidedly mixed bag, with some truly sinister tales (“The Handler“ “The Pedestrian“ “Let's Play Poison“ etc) & some that manage to wax poetic about the past without becoming overly saccharine, something that Bradbury doesn't always accomplish. I think that Bradbury is better at longform fiction, or his fixup novels, but I am glad that I tackled (CONT) 1y

vivastory this throughout the year. Onwards to 2024, HUZZAH! 1y

Megabooks Congratulations!! 🍾 1y

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Bookwormjillk Cool project! 1y

vivastory @Megabooks Thanks, Meg! Happy New Year's 🍻 1y

Aimeesue Yay! Something Wicked and Dandelion Wine are my faves. I think you‘re right, he did longer form better for the most part. 1y

vivastory @Aimeesue I read Dandelion Wine in 2020 & it was a favorite until I read The Martian Chronicles. I still love it. I think he really nailed the nostalgia perfectly in DW 1y

Ruthiella Love the reading projects. Happy New Year to you! 🥳 1y

Branwen Dandelion Wine is my absolute FAVORITE book by Bradbury! Also, I have to ask...have you heard of the Ray Bradbury song by Rachel Bloom? 😂 1y

vivastory @Branwen Hahaha yeah. It's been a bit since I've heard it, but it definitely is a hard one to forget 😂 1y

Reggie Dude, at work all day today, as I was in casino hell, I thought about the reverence in which you talked about reading the collected poems. And it made me hate people less. lol 1y

vivastory @Reggie Thanks, Reggie! I can only imagine how difficult your job is on NYE. 1y

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Lynnsoprano

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

Visiting our son, and hubby pulled this Bradbury collection from the bookcase. He insisted I read this story. I‘m glad he did.

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HannaPolkadots

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

Ending my first day as 33 like this 🤩😍🎄 Thank you SO much for all lovely greetings ❤

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BekahB

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

It‘s been months since I‘ve done one of these, but I love that question 2 really made me think hard about my choice.

1. Bread-butter-cheese - I‘m counting it as one food 😂
2. Ray Bradbury - I could re-read his short stories forever.
3. Hmmmm...I remember having a big crush on Robin Hood (🦊) in Disney‘s animated version.
4. Yikes - I don‘t really like to do either, but it‘s easier for me to get up early than stay up late.
5. Ok!

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parasolofdoom

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

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Bradbury is my all time favorite sci fi writer and favorite short story writer. And he was an incredibly voracious reader so it was hard to pinpoint his favorite book but Verne is usually mentioned among his influences so I picked a Verne cover of a story I loved myself.

BekahB He‘s my favorite too! I read The Illustrated Man in high school and fell in love with his writing. 7y

jmofo Great choice! He‘s one of my longtime favorites! 7y

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LeeWriter_01

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

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My all time favourite author, anything of Ray Bradbury's is worth investing your time. His earlier short tales rank among his best work, stories such as 'Skeleton,' 'The Jar' and 'The Small Assassin' are simply unforgettable. His first pro-sale story, 'The Lake,' is one of the few works of fiction to make me cry. In short: If it has Ray Bradbury's name on it, you should probably read it.

Branwen

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

When you're supposed to be spending the day doing homework but instead find yourself obsessively reading the wonderful Ray Bradbury! ?

"Somewhere a band is playing
Listen, O, listen, that tune?
Learn it and you'll dance on forever
In June and yet June and more...June."

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MrBook

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

We had a wonderful meeting of #TheOmnivorousBookClub tonight ???????! This month's theme was "A Haunting We Will Go". Lots of great books. Lots of great treats. Lots of great people. I love my book clubs. ???? #LitsyLovesLibraries

RaimeyGallant Great theme. Clever. 7y

MCYmermaid Mmmmm now I want deviled eggs. 7y

TricksyTails This looks fun! I wish I could attend an event like this nearby. (edited) 7y

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GatheringBooks

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

#FallIntoBooks Day 23: Bradbury's stories are always perfect for #ShadesOfAutumn.

RealLifeReading

RealLifeReading Indeed! 8y

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Bailey1

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

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Amazing collection of some of Bradburys best work. Interesting way to arrange stories as some of them are parts of a greater collection. 10/10 Bradbury will always be a classic.

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AmyAgentBor

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Ray Bradbury

I was so busy rushing headlong into the future, loving libraries and books and authors with all my heart and soul, was so consumed with becoming myself but I simply didn't notice that I was short, homely, and untalented. Perhaps, in some corner of my mind, I did know.

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